Searches , social queries for INTERFACE METAPHOR
Search references for INTERFACE METAPHOR. Phrases containing INTERFACE METAPHOR
See searches and references containing INTERFACE METAPHOR!
Search references for INTERFACE METAPHOR. Phrases containing INTERFACE METAPHOR
See searches and references containing INTERFACE METAPHOR!INTERFACE METAPHOR
User interface item resembling a familiar physical item
In user interface design, an interface metaphor is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users already
Interface_metaphor
Concept used on desktop computer graphical user interfaces
computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact
Desktop_metaphor
Means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine
the desktop metaphor by making tasks, not files, the primary unit of interaction. Text-based user interfaces (TUIs) are user interfaces which interact
User_interface
Topics referred to by the same term
Conceptual metaphor, metaphors in cognitive linguistics, understanding one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another Interface metaphor, metaphors in computer
Metaphor_(disambiguation)
few significant breakthroughs in use, but the same organizational interface metaphors and interaction idioms are still in use. Desktop computers are often
History of the graphical user interface
History_of_the_graphical_user_interface
A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual
Graphical_user_interface
Type of user interface
computing, an object-oriented user interface (OOUI) is a type of user interface based on an object-oriented programming metaphor, and describes most modern operating
Object-oriented user interface
Object-oriented_user_interface
Topics referred to by the same term
Cognitive metaphor refers to certain kinds of metaphors. The same as a Conceptual metaphor in cognitive science An approach to an Interface metaphor in computing
Cognitive_metaphor
Style of human–computer interaction
Google.[citation needed] Desktop metaphor History of the graphical user interface Natural user interface Touch user interface X Window System Markoff, John
WIMP_(computing)
The task-focused interface is a type of user interface which extends the desktop metaphor of the graphical user interface to make tasks, not files and
Task-focused_interface
Means of entering commands to software
A command-line interface (CLI), also known as a command-line shell, is a means of interacting with software via commands – each formatted as a line of
Command-line_interface
Interface component
In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using
Tab_(interface)
File system structure for locating files
directory, which is a file system concept, and the graphical user interface metaphor that is used to represent it (a folder).[original research?] For example
Directory_(computing)
Implementation of graphical user interface
the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes
Desktop_environment
Microsoft software product
Skeuomorph Orphaned technology Packard Bell Navigator eWorld Magic Cap Interface metaphor Microsoft Microsoft Agent Cortana "Lifecycle Information for Microsoft
Microsoft_Bob
Software of personal information manager type
Cardfile is a personal information manager, with an interface metaphor based on the concepts of index cards, card files, and rolodexes, that was distributed
Cardfile
Interface in computer science, human-computer interaction, and interaction design
real-world metaphors for objects and actions can make it easier for a user to learn and use an interface (some might say that the interface is more natural
Direct_manipulation_interface
Ideogram used in computing
topic of the history of the graphical user interface that has largely supplanted the text-based interface for casual use. The computing definition of
Icon_(computing)
Computer user interface method
transfer between applications. The command names are a (skeuomorphic) interface metaphor based on the physical procedure used in manuscript print editing to
Cut,_copy,_and_paste
American company
Ethernet, the modern personal computer and its graphical user interface (GUI) and desktop metaphor–paradigm, the computer mouse, object-oriented programming
PARC_(company)
Programming tool blending code and documents
A notebook interface or computational notebook is a virtual notebook environment used for literate programming, a method of writing computer programs
Notebook_interface
Type of user interface
(GUI). Mann referred to this work as "natural user interfaces", "Direct User Interfaces", and "metaphor-free computing". Mann's EyeTap technology typically
Natural_user_interface
Pointing device used to control a computer
and easier for gamers. Due to their similarity to the WIMP desktop metaphor interface for which mice were originally designed, and to their own tabletop
Computer_mouse
Type of window manager
instantly jump in and out of view, which is incongruent with the interface metaphor (and with a physical office setting). Some systems like the Classic
Compositing_manager
Design element borrowed from original medium
graphical user interface that emulates the aesthetics of physical objects to aid familiarity. A prominent example is the desktop metaphor, which represents
Skeuomorph
Graphical user interface for the Amiga computer
graphical interface to work with file systems and launch applications. It uses a workbench metaphor (in place of the more common desktop metaphor) for representing
Workbench_(AmigaOS)
Operating system
interface (GUI). Like Oberon, though, its user interface supports a point and click interface metaphor to execute commands directly from text, similar
A2_(operating_system)
American computer scientist (born 1945)
pioneers of the modern graphical user interfaces (GUI) for computers, having invented such techniques as the desktop metaphor, dialog boxes, and universal commands
David_Canfield_Smith
Aspect of Internet culture
Internet metaphors provide users and researchers of the Internet a structure for understanding and communicating its various functions, uses, and experiences
Internet_metaphors
Discontinued operating system
floating icon to drag and drop into a destination a rich notebook user interface metaphor: Documents existed as pages in a notebook with tabs (this was not
PenPoint_OS
Knowledge management and note-taking method
and writing. In the 1980s, the card file began to be used as metaphor in the interface of some hypertextual personal knowledge base software applications
Zettelkasten
Discontinued mobile operating system
Series 60). S60 was designed to be manipulated by a keyboard-like interface metaphor, such as the ~15-key augmented telephone keypad, or the mini-QWERTY
Symbian
Type of software application interface
A multiple-document interface (MDI) is a graphical user interface in which multiple windows reside under a single parent window. Such systems often allow
Multiple-document_interface
American cognitive psychologist and popular science author
Hoffman uses the metaphor of a computer's desktop environment and its icons – the icons of a computer desktop provide a functional interface so that the user
Donald_D._Hoffman
2016 video game
point-and-click style adventure game, frequently referencing other user-interface metaphors, such as a simulated operating system. The player must explore the
Pony_Island
Window manager with non-overlapping frames
style of organization, although it departs from the traditional desktop metaphor. The first Xerox Star system (released in 1981) tiled application windows
Tiling_window_manager
Removable disk storage medium
disk became an interface metaphor for saving data. As of 2026[update], the floppy disk symbol is still used by software on user-interface elements related
Floppy_disk
American computer company
graphical office interface, and software applications that "seamlessly integrate" data from both internal and external sources. The Metaphor machine was one
Metaphor_Computer_Systems
Graphical interface allowing image scaling
computing, a zooming user interface or zoomable user interface (ZUI, pronounced zoo-ee) is a type of graphical user interface (GUI) on which users can
Zooming_user_interface
Type of user interface
"clamshell" phone, where the physical metaphor of altering the phone's shape (by opening it) alters the state of the user interface (to open communications). Another
Organic_user_interface
Design language and theme of the GNOME desktop environment
primary icon. The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines prescribe that an app's icon should correspond to a simple, recognizable metaphor. They are not meant to be
Adwaita_(design_language)
Direct interface to an operating system
as a set of loosely coupled utilities. Most graphical user interfaces develop the metaphor of an "electronic desktop", where data files are represented
Shell_(computing)
User interface software
Many computer user interfaces use a control panel metaphor to give the user control of software and hardware features. The control panel consists of multiple
Control_panel_(software)
American computer scientist (born 1940)
graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also
Alan_Kay
Personal computer sold in Britain
structured data files, visualising records using a card index user interface metaphor, and supporting sorting and searching operations on the stored data
Acorn_Electron
and possibly through tactile as well as haptic feedback, using 3D interface metaphors consisting of interaction techniques such as navigation, selection
Immersive virtual musical instrument
Immersive_virtual_musical_instrument
User interface element
button is a button, typically placed in a top corner of a graphical user interface. Its function is to toggle a menu (sometimes referred to as a hamburger
Hamburger_button
Method by which a user may do some action in a computer
An interaction technique, user interface technique or input technique is a combination of hardware and software elements that provides a way for computer
Interaction_technique
Specialization of design focused on the experience users have of a product or service
grounding for interaction design. These include mental models, mapping, interface metaphors, and affordances. Many of these are laid out in Donald Norman's influential
Interaction_design
Component of a file in Mac operating systems
(Workbench). The icon on the desktop, taken from the .info itself, is the interface metaphor through which the user interacts both with the project itself and
Resource_fork
Mac file manager and user interface shell
that is rendered using a desktop metaphor; the files and folders are represented as icons. It uses a similar interface to Apple's Safari browser, where
Finder_(software)
1994 copyright infringement lawsuit
patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law]...". In the midst of the Apple
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp.
issue may be which interface metaphors are used (e.g. boxes-and-wires, documents, flow graphs, hardware mixing desks). Interfaces between the language
Comparison of audio synthesis environments
Comparison_of_audio_synthesis_environments
Visual area containing some kind of user interface
also respond to the mouse. A graphical user interface (GUI) using windows as one of its main "metaphors" is called a windowing system, whose main components
Window_(computing)
Research distributed operating system
official release was in early 2021. Under Plan 9, UNIX's everything is a file metaphor is extended via a pervasive network-centric (distributed) filesystem, and
Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
Children's game
children as a party game or on the playground. It is often invoked as a metaphor for cumulative error, especially the inaccuracies as rumours or gossip
Telephone_game
Topics referred to by the same term
personal computer designed to fit on a desk Desktop metaphor, a style of graphical user interface modeled after a physical work surface Desktop environment
Desktop
Desktop environment forked from GNOME 3
systems. It was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. The development of Cinnamon began by the Linux Mint team following
Cinnamon (desktop environment)
Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)
File manager program
product was XTreeMac, also launched in 1989, which brought the XTree interface metaphors to the Macintosh System as a Finder replacement. While the Macintosh
XTree
Approach for designing software
that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications for software components, which extend the ordinary definition
Design_by_contract
Free desktop environment based on GTK+
the default interface on OLPC XO-1 laptop computers. The OLPC XO-1.5 and later provided the option of either the GNOME or Sugar interfaces. Sugar is available
Sugar_(desktop_environment)
corresponding interface objects and actions. The figure above shows how the designer maps the objects of the user's world to metaphors and actions to
Object–action_interface
Software that manages separately different parts of display screens
type of graphical user interface (GUI) which implements the WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointer) paradigm for a user interface. Each currently running
Windowing_system
Windowing system for bitmap displays on UNIX-like systems
wmii or Ratpoison). Some interfaces such as Sugar or ChromeOS eschew the desktop metaphor altogether, simplifying their interfaces for specialized applications
X_Window_System
2008 video game
Describing the look and feel of the title, Nemitz noted that the user interface metaphor was that of a 1920s parlour game. David Cherry, the lead artist, deliberately
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
Dangerous_High_School_Girls_in_Trouble!
System whose internals can be viewed but not altered
in systems engineering, software engineering, and in intelligent user interface design, where it is closely related to recent[when?] interest in explainable
White box (software engineering)
White_box_(software_engineering)
Exploratory use of an information system
of relevance for the browsing organism. In context of humans, it is a metaphor taken from the animal kingdom. It is used, for example, about people browsing
Browsing
Main printed circuit board used for a computing device
such as the CPU, the chipset's input/output and memory controllers, interface connectors, and other components integrated for general use. Oxford English
Motherboard
Operating system
platform, and Darin Adler was an architect. Its graphical user interface incorporates a room metaphor, where the user navigates between rooms to perform tasks
Magic_Cap
Upcoming video game
with Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload, alongside the adjacent game Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024), before the release of Persona 6. Ryota Kozuka, who
Persona_4_Revival
Java application programming interface
May 2000. StAX was designed as a median between the DOM and SAX interface. In its metaphor, the programmatic entry point is a cursor that represents a point
Java_API_for_XML_Processing
User Interface systems
their actions. Their analogous desktop metaphor to documents as paper sheets or folders makes WIMP interfaces easy to introduce to new users. Furthermore
Post-WIMP
American artist and graphic designer (born 1954)
pioneering of graphical user interface (GUI) computing. She refined Apple's existing iconography and desktop metaphors imported from the Macintosh's
Susan_Kare
Early GUI-based computer workstation from Xerox
computers, including a bitmapped display, a window-based graphical user interface, icons, folders, mouse (two-button), Ethernet networking, file servers
Xerox_Star
Software that hides details of hardware access
the hardware difficult. Typically, access is provided via a software interface that allows devices that share a level of similarity to be accessed via
Hardware_abstraction
1995 Microsoft operating system version
preemptive multitasking architecture. Windows 95 featured a new graphical user interface (GUI), introducing the Windows Explorer file manager, a taskbar with the
Windows_95
Form of human-machine interaction
usable and effective. Interfaces associated with 3D interaction are called 3D interfaces. Like other types of user interfaces, it involves two-way communication
3D_human–computer_interaction
1985 Microsoft operating system version
company, Microsoft Windows will be the first large-scale test of the desktop metaphor in the hands of its intended users". IBM was notably absent from Microsoft's
Windows_1.0
Bulletin board system software
primary improvement over previous BBS packages was the introduction of the metaphor of rooms as a way to organize topics. Messages are associated with rooms
Citadel_(software)
Computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems
file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders. The most common operations performed on files
File_manager
Computer made by Xerox
many aspects of modern computing. The advances include graphical user interface (GUI), computer mouse, Ethernet networking, and the ability to run multiple
Xerox_Alto
2024 video game
akin to Metaphor: ReFantazio's demo - was released on April 9, 2025, a year after the game's release; much like the aforementioned Metaphor demo, save
Persona_3_Reload
Concept in software development
web navigation user interface whereby the target of each link is not visible until the user points their cursor at it. Such interfaces lack a user-centered
Mystery_meat_navigation
Application programming interface
Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents, originating from the Java programming language
StAX
Style of dynamic typing in object-oriented programming
cannot use an instance of it with an interface unknown to that library even if the class satisfies the interface requirements. A common solution to this
Duck_typing
Topics referred to by the same term
specialty is design Desktop environment, a graphical user interface commonly based on a desktop metaphor Dextrose equivalent, the relative sweetness of sugars
DE
Type of system software
windowing system and the window manager. Every graphical user interface based on a windows metaphor has some form of window management. In practice, the elements
Window_manager
Usability inspection method
identify usability problems in the user interface design. It specifically involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized
Heuristic_evaluation
GUI-based integrated software package for the Commodore 128 personal computer
Commodore's earlier Magic Desk software, it used a literal desktop metaphor with the interface consisting of an onscreen graphic of a desktop with icons representing
Jane_(software)
Human interface device for computers
human interface device that allows a user to input spatial (i.e., continuous and multi-dimensional) data to a computer. Graphical user interfaces (GUI)
Pointing_device
Temporary storage for deleted files
dustbin, wastebasket, and similar names, is a graphical user interface desktop metaphor for temporary storage for files set aside by the user for deletion
Trash_(computing)
Separation of performers and audience
the performers behave as if they cannot see the audience in turn. The metaphor has also been extended outside of the theater, for instance to the typical
Fourth_wall
Desktop environment for Linux and BSD
2011. While GNOME 1 and 2 interfaces followed the traditional desktop metaphor, the GNOME Shell adopted a more abstract metaphor with a minimalistic window
GNOME
Concept describing a widespread, interconnected digital technology
Crackdown, followed by many journalists), integrating the metaphor into a wider cyber-culture. The metaphor has been useful in helping a new generation of thought
Cyberspace
the gap between the user's goal and how to achieve that goal with the interface, respectively. By mapping controls to mirror the real world, the user
Natural mapping (interface design)
Natural_mapping_(interface_design)
Software architect
establish many of the user interface standards that exist today. He also led the design group for the Xerox Star. He co-founded Metaphor Computer Systems and
Charles_Irby
Personal computer by Apple Inc.
was the first mass-market computer operable through a graphical user interface (GUI). The Lisa was primarily marketed to individual and small and medium-sized
Apple_Lisa
Form of shared internet-based computing
platforms, and applications to improve efficiency for end users. The "cloud" metaphor for virtualized services dates to 1994, when it was used by General Magic
Cloud_computing
Device or software used for recording, editing and producing audio files
DAWs are designed with many user interfaces, but generally, they are based on a multitrack tape recorder metaphor, making it easier for recording engineers
Digital_audio_workstation
In computing, an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself
creation on Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and it remains a required interface for compliance with POSIX. Despite this, it has fallen out of favor in
Fork_(system_call)
travel, tourism, insurance
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
INTERFACE METAPHOR
travel, tourism, insurance