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From: rkunenbo@cs.ruu.nl (Ronald Kunenborg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: RE: WIMP-interface
Keywords: Don't I know it...
Message-ID: <1991May02.084624.1067@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 2 May 91 08:46:24 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
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THANK you, everyone who mailed me.
I know what it means now. You told me about fifty times :).

To summarize, I'll include the most detailed reply below.

Patricia M. Jones wrote:

>In the latest issue of the ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, there is an
>article about WIMP and NERD interfaces.  
>
>	W = Windows
>	I = Icons
>	M = Menus
>	P = Pointers
>
>	N = Navigation
>	E = Evaluation
>	R = Refinement
>	D = Demonstration
>
>The full reference is:
>
>Chignell, M. H. and Waterworth, J. A. (1991).  "WIMPs and NERDs:  An
>	Extended View of the User Interface."  ACM SIGCHI Bulletin,
>	Volume 23, Number 2 (April), 15-21.
>
>Patricia M. Jones                                        
>Center for Human-Machine Systems Research
>School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
>Georgia Institute of Technology,  Atlanta, GA 30332-0205

Thanks again, everyone!

-- 
 Ronald Kunenborg,  Victoriestraat 3,  3815 ML Amersfoort,  The Netherlands
                        (rkunenbo@praxis.cs.ruu.nl)

             "If we must die, let it not be like hogs...