Overview of User Interface Design

Concept of User Interface The user interface is the part of the system that you see, hear and feel (look and feel) Other parts of the system are hidden to you, for instance the database where information is stored. Although users don’t see the hidden parts, they imagine to some extent what is going on ’behind the screen’. Examples When you use a computer, you give it orders, usually by means of the mouse and the keyboard. The computer replies, usually by showing something on the screen or making sounds. Sometimes the situation seems reversed the computer gives you instructions and...