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The adaptable user interface

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Eliezer Kantorowitz,

Oded SudarskyAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 32, Issue 11

Pages 1352 - 1358

https://doi.org/10.1145/68814.68820

Published: 01 November 1989 Publication History

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A single adaptable user interface (AUI) which allows the user to switch between any number of different dialogue modes at any time—even in the middle of a command—can be useful to a variety of users who are neither beginners nor experts. It can also be used in applications where different dialogue modes are appropriate for the various parameters of a single command. An implemented user interface management system (UIMS) suggests the practicality of AUIs and their automatic generation.

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Communications of the ACM Volume 32, Issue 11

Nov. 1989

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DOI:10.1145/68814

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