Interfaces

Interfaces

1. Menu Driven Interface (MDI)

   • Series of screens containing pre defined options
     • Users move between screens by selecting options that they want.
   • Easy and simple to use
   • Can take a long time if there are a large amount of menus to scroll through

2. Graphical user interface.

   • Made up of 4 different components
     • Windows
     • Icons
     • Pointers
     • Menus
   • User friendly
     • Make the software intuitive.
   • Demanding on resources such as large amounts of storage space

3. Natural language interface

   • Also known as LUI and NLUI
   • Uses linguistics to communicate with the user
   • E.g. Siri

4. Command line interface

   • User interacts with the system using textual commands
   • Can be used well if the user has good ICT experience
   • lack of a technical knowledge makes it hard for certain users to use.