Dialog Design 1

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Dialog Design 1

• Basic Dialog Styles

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Dialog Styles

• Question and Answer
• Menu
• Input Form/Output Form
• Input in Context of Output
• GUI Window
• Command Language

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Question and Answer

• Complex display
• Simple Response
• Gives programmers the most control over user
  responses. Useful for inexperienced users and
  infrequent tasks.

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Question and Answer
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Menu

• User chooses among predetermined options.
• May use cursor movement, light pen, numbered
  responses, or icons
• Effective for inexperienced users
• May require structuring and submenus
• Easiest to program since user options are limited

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Menu
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Input Form/Output Form

• Uses one form to input information and control
  commands, another to display the output
• Display sequence may vary with answers.
  Particularly effective when displayed form
  parallels a similar paper form.

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Input Form/Output Form
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Input Form/Output Form
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Input in Context of Output

• Accepts input commands and data on the same form
  that displays the output.
• Effective for complex decision processes. May
  require training because of limited ability to
  give user instructions.

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Input in Context of Output
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GUI Window

• Designed to use mouse actions to launch and
  manipulate objects
• De facto standard for most modern applications.

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Window
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Command Language

• Uses verb-noun pairs to instruct computer
• Easy to learn for simple applications. Can be
  layered, but provides very little user aid. Not
  common in a windows environment.

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Command Language