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The production of graphical interfaces is often hindered by the difficulty designers find in visualising the interface. This paper considers a user interface tool which allows the construction of graphical interfaces by direct manipulation. It also considers the specification of interfaces using an object oriented approach. Finally it considers how the results of evaluation of the user interface can be linked to the design specification for the improvement of subsequent interface prototypes. The tool is part of the Alvey ECLIPSE integrated project support environment.
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England, D. (1987). A user interface design tool.. In: Nichols, H., Simpson, D. (eds) ESEC '87. ESEC 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 289. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022104
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