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Style of human–computer interaction
In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "windows, icons, menus, pointer", denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface. Other expansions are sometimes used, such as substituting "mouse" and "mice" for menus, or "pull-down menu" and "pointing" for pointer. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WIMP (computing)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Distributed user interfacesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Post-WIMPA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Robert J. K. JacobA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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đź“š Books worth reading
Distributed user interfacesJosé A. Gallud, Ricardo Tesoriero · 2011
Digital planetGeorge Beekman, Ben Beekman · 2011- 📕Computer wimp no moreJohn Bear, David M. Pozerycki · 1991
Computation with recurrence relationsJet Wimp · 1984
Computer wimpJohn Bear · 1983- 📕In praise of WIMPSRichard G. Hull, Richard Hull · 1992
Computer wimp no moreJohn Bear · 1992- 📕Computation with Recurrence RelationsJ. Wimp · 1986
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- Shumin Zhai Shumin Zhai (Chinese simplified: çżźć ‘ć°‘) (born 1961) is a Chinese-born American Canadian human–computer interaction (HCI) research scientist and inventor…
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) is an annual academic conference on the software and hardware of human–computer interaction…
- Yves Guiard Yves Guiard is a French cognitive neuroscientist and researcher best known for his work in human laterality and stimulus-response compatibility in the…