Wednesday 13 May 2009

What is a GUI?

Almost all computers provide a graphical user interface to make performing tasks on the computer much more intuitive.

Each platform's GUI will be different, but every single one has certain elements in common.

The pointer
The mouse (or another pointing input device) can be used to navigate a pointer around the space on the computer screen. You use the pointer to manipulate the objects on the screen: click them, select them, move them, or resize them (to name a few basic operations).

Desktop
Just like the space on a desk where you can arrange all your folders, documents, and tools, so does the GUI have a an area of the screen (usually, the whole screen) where the GUI elements can be stored and arranged.

Icons
An icon is a graphical image that represents the files, programs, folders, and all other data and elements that can exist on your computer. You manipulate an element on the computer by manipulating its icon in the GUI. For instance, double-clicking a program icon to launch it, or dragging a file icon into a folder icon to move the data.

Windows
A window represents a program, or a space on your desktop where activity can take place (like running a program). You can move windows around the desktop in any order, and resize them to fit any size you might need.

Menus or toolbars
Most windows will have a series of menus through which you can navigate to display the names of commands that can be carried out in that window. A toolbar is similar, except graphical icons represent the commands instead of text names.


Three-dimensional window depth
In addition to being resized to take up as much two-dimensional space as you want on your desktop, windows can also be stacked into three-dimensional layers, with one covering another. Like the desktop analogy, this is analogous to papers or folders being stacks one on top of the other on a real desktop.

5 komentar:

fuad suyudi said...

to chosen, move, or return do not only using of mouse or pointer, but with keyboard also we can conduct configuraton exist in computer, because keyboard represent component able to give message through knobs so that consumer of interaction can with computer, as does use or mouse of pointer.

"fuad suyudi"

Adiansyah said...

I Think the function from this blog explain each platform found on gui. From the clafication in this blog its very easy for beginner who recognize about GUI in the computer to be anderstood. My suggestion, its goodness at this blog is also explained how to change the appearance of dekstop,icons,menus or toolbar and other.

Agnan Zakariya said...

wow,, sorry master i'm forget to written this review.... i hope that does not late... hehehe.. ok ready to my opinion!
hmmm GUI, with visually like this make simple to user for use system, among other services have is Desktop, Icon, Pointer , Graphical windows sytem menu and others. The operation system computer recognize two visual based, among that is GUI (Graphical user interface) and Console. The console is based operation system with dominan black visually and with fitur Command languange to progressed. example DOS,Winwire,Winlinux,Linux console etc..

Adih Suryana The Last Temptation said...

GUI is an acronym for "graphical user interface", such as Mac OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and the X Window System. A GUI lets you interact with computer using pictures and symbols, rather than having to memorize many complicated commands and type them precisely, as with a command line interface such as DOS, most computer users become familiar with using GUI before using any other type of interface.

Deni robbiansyah said...

Beforehand I wanted to apologise, on my delay to give the comment. this was caused because I many tasks. moreover these weeks I was busy putting the room in order to move leased. I also hoped that the father agreed to accept my task that late this. in fact the origin from GUI was the development from the modern computer that put forward the article, there was no picture or animasi other. This that was named command line. GUI was the length from Graphical user interface that is the screen of an operation system in the form of the picture or the graph.

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