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From: hestenes@sdcsla.UUCP (Eric Hestenes)
Newsgroups: net.cog-eng,net.works,net.ai
Subject: intelligent window managers and menu system references
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 19:46:28 EDT
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I am looking for references ( or some discussion! ) that point to issues 
related to the design of intelligent window/display managers as well as 
menus and menu-based windowing systems. 

Though any related articles would be interesting, I would be particularily 
interested in surveys of alternative design choices, such as pop-up menus 
vs pull-down menus, or independant, shell-like windows that do not share
histories, files, or shell variables vs. interdependant windows that are 
just different viewpoints on one environment. 

I am also very interested in developing an understanding of the space of 
events or activities within a window/menu based environment. For example,
events related to a window and mouse that might be important to design around
are when the mouse-pointer moves into a window, when it moves within a window,
when it moves out of a window, when each button is pressed within a window,
etc.  

Other issues such as building knowledge or intelligence into system interactions
would also be interesting. 

I will post any references I receive.


Eric Hestenes
Institute for Cognitive Science, C-015
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 92093

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