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- User Interface
- The way a person interacts with a computer or electronic device. It comprises the screen menus and icons, keyboard shortcuts, command language and online help, as well as physical...
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- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?
- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?Can answer these ...[i]Know how to access Windows shares on the network[/i]Well that's pretty easy in Nautilus using smb:// , but a simple link with an icon should suffice.[i]Have a rudimentary understanding of the file system to ensure that...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Printers, desktop Linux, KDE, GNOME, user interface, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, desktop, printer, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-30
- Gallery: Blackberry Storm user interface
- I've posted a quickee photo gallery of the new Blackberry Storm (9530) user interface. Click through for 30 shots of the iPhone's latest competitor. Sorry about the lack of captions, look for an update this afternoon. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: User Interface, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2
- Welcome to day 2 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I'll be blogging about the differences between Android and iPhone development. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5] ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, User Interface, Localizable.strings, Android Eclipse Plug-in, UINavigationController, UITabBarController, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Windows 7 - user interface is king
- Windows 7 places user interface design at the center of the Windows 7 development effort. WPF - Microsoft's new .NET API for Windows user interface development - will also truly come into its own in Windows 7 timeframes. Oh, and WordPad in Windows 7 supports ODF. by John...
- Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll, Application, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., PDC, Wordpad
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Xistic NavigationPane for Windows Forms (zip)
- Effortlessly add an Outlook 2007 style user interface to your .NET Windows forms applications using the Xistic NavigationPane controls. The NavigationPane control is a collapsible container that allows you to group related controls together on panels, which are accessible using buttons located towards the bottom of the NavigationPane. Users can...
- Tags: User Interface, Component, Xistic, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-10-22
- Ballmer touts Windows 7 features
- At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that Windows 7 is going to be a major release, not just a Vista update. He says the new Windows will have a better user interface, information management tools, and performance. It isn't practical to wait for Windows...
- Tags: Information Management, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management, Ballmer, Microsoft, Gartner, Vista, Windows 7, user interface, touch, compatibility
- Videos 2008-10-17
- Smart Math Calculator (dmg)
- Smart Math Calculator is an easy-to-use math calculator that immediately computes the result as you type a math expression. It allows multiples math expressions at same time. It also allows defining your own variables and functions. It has a beautiful user-interface that conveniently allows you to directly edit the expression...
- Tags: User Interface, Expression, Runiter, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-16
- "Getting Real" With RDF and SPARQL
- The "Getting Real" approach by Web 2.0 poster child 37signals reverses the usual development process from model to code to user interface by going "From brainstorm to user interface sketches to HTML to coding." Principles such as, "Don't write a functional specification," or "Essentials only" can help developers stay focused...
- Tags: User Interface, Jupitermedia Corp., RDF, XML, Web 2.0, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2008-09-23
- Super Text (zip)
- Super Text is a program that is designed to have a better user interface than the regular Microsoft Notepad. You can create *.txt and *.rtf files as well as edit them and they can be easily saved with the save file dialog. This version is the first release on CNET...
- Tags: Dialog, User Interface, Super Products
- Software downloads 2008-09-18
- Jibdee launches: a consumer-centric take on the webtop concept
- At TechCrunch 50 yesterday a company called Jibidee rolled out a public beta of their service. I like what Jibidee is doing. At its most basic level it's a webtop product. You can store information, create lists, and generally organize your life through a very engaging web-based interface and...
- Tags: TechCrunch, User Interface, List, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Curing what ails Microsoft
- Microsoft's biggest problem lies in its inability to maintain consistency across product categories, both from a user interface standpoint, and increasingly, from an API and technology standpoint. What Microsoft needs is more sharing within Microsoft combined with a more concerted effort from the center to impose discipline, from an...
- Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Team Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple
- Bob Sutor of IBM thinks that Linux needs to make innovative user interfaces, pointing to Apple as proof that charting your own path is beneficial. Apple, however, has certain aspects of its business that simply do not apply to Linux, making it harder for the business-focused operating system to...
- Tags: Linux, Apple Macintosh, User Interface, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Desktop Computer, Desktops, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs
- Publicly and privately, Microsoft officials have been making much of the company's myriad multi-touch input projects (especially with Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7). But Microsoft's view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that. Instead of allowing users...
- Tags: Receptionist, User Interface, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Emerging Technologies, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- ViaCAD 2D/3D for Mac (dmg)
- The patent pending user interface lets a user choose between a complete 2D or 3D solution. ViaCAD's user interface appeals to both 2D and 3D users with one package.ViaCAD has close to 80 hours of professional quality training videos, very appealing to new users transitioning into CAD. Effortless cross-platforming and...
- Tags: 3D, Apple Macintosh, User Interface, 2D, Training, Punch Software, ViaCAD, CAD, Workforce Management, Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-07-04
- ViaCAD 2D/3D for Windows (exe)
- The patent pending user interface lets a user choose between a complete 2D or 3D solution. ViaCADs user interface appeals to both 2D and 3D users with one package. ViaCAD has close to 80 hours of professional quality training videos, very appealing to new users transitioning into CAD. Effortless cross-plat...
- Tags: 3D, User Interface, 2D, Microsoft Windows, Training, Punch Software, ViaCAD, CAD, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-07-02
- The application interface problem
- I believe that almost any programming language can be used to build almost any kind of user interface, but that the closer the user interface is to the assumptions built into the language, the simpler and more efficient this component of the overall application will be. More importantly, I believe...
- Tags: Application, User Interface, Tool, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- ERP Provider Upgrades Solution for Contemporary Look, Easy Customization
- While Verticent has always been proud of its user-friendly Windows-based user interface, Verticent executives were conscious of the need to keep that interface up-to-date and consistent across the application in order to keep the application attractive to customers. But Verticent found limits to the visual appeal it could introduce with...
- Tags: User Interface, ERP, Microsoft Corp., Customization
- Case studies 2008-04-17
- SiteShoter (zip)
- SiteShoter is a small utility that allows you to save a screenshot of any Web page into a file. It automatically creates hidden window of Internet Explorer, loads the desired Web page, and than save the entire content of the Web page into an image file (.png, .jpg, .tiff, .bmp,...
- Tags: Web, User Interface, Web Page, NirSoft Freeware, SiteShoter, Channel Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-04-08
- UI guidelines: one reason the Mac shines, Windows sucks
- Is there a method behind the madness of the Windows experience and the elegance of the Macintosh? One reason can be seen with just one look at the human interface principles found on Apple's and Microsoft's developer sites. This exploration was sparked by a blog post on...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, User Interface, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kermadec, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Humboldt: Exploring Linked Data
- This paper presents Humboldt, a novel user interface for browsing RDF data. The user interfaces for browsing RDF data are reviewed. They argue that browsing tasks require both a facet browser's ability to select and process groups of resources at a time and a 'Resource at a time' browser's ability...
- Tags: User Interface, Data, RDF, XML, Web Browsers, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2008-03-10
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- If the cost of building and managing a robust technology infrastructure is prohibitive for your small or mid-sized business (SMB), managed hosting may be worth another look. For help determining whether a managed or dedicated hosting solution makes sense for your business, read this informative blog post by Josh Hoskins.
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