A graphical specification system for user-interface design

Author

Harbert, A. ; Lively, William ; Sheppard, Sallie

Author_Institution

Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

1990

fDate

7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

20

Abstract

An environment for creating user interfaces for embedded systems, called the graphical specification system (GSS), is presented. GSS combines graphical and minimal low-level textual specification with a prototyping capability for rapid user-interface design and evaluation. It is part of a larger embedded systems project at Lockheed, called Express. The user interface components, display components, user-machine interaction, interface-application interaction, and executive component are discussed. Two scenarios, developed with GSS tool prototypes, demonstrate how some GSS tools function. One is the construction of a display with two pairs of gauges, one Cartesian and one polar. The other is the design of a display for submarine tracking.<>

Keywords

computer graphics; formal specification; programming environments; user interfaces; Cartesian; Express; GSS tool prototypes; Lockheed; display components; embedded systems; embedded systems project; environment; executive component; gauges; graphical specification system; interface-application interaction; polar; prototyping; submarine tracking; textual specification; user-interface design; user-machine interaction; Application software; Crisis management; Human factors; Libraries; Production; Prototypes; Software development management; Software prototyping; Specification languages; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.56446

Filename

56446