- Future users interfaces will be built around emreging development technologies such a:
the end of applications
natural-language interface
agents
virtual realities
- files can be scatteres all over the system, which often ,akes data managemnet difficult.
- one solution to this problem is to organize data files logically.
- both windows and the Mac support the notion of common system floders with self-explanatory names.
- my documents
- my pictures
- my music
- File-managment utilities:
- view, rename, copy, move, and delete files and folders
- Hierarchies help with organization
- help with locating a file
- get size, file type, and last modification date.
-Managing Files from Applications:
- operations:open, Save as, Save, and Close
Defragmentaion
- Software Piracy: illegal duplication of copyrighted software
- the software industry is a 50 billion a year business sector
- billions of dollars are lost each year to software piracy.
- The WIMP(windows, icons, menus, and pointing devices) interface is easier to learn and use than earlier character-based interfaces.
- The SILK interface incoperates many important emerging user interface software technologies.
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