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A user interface is that portion of an interactive computer system that communicates with the user as mentioned in this paper. User interfaces include any aspect of the system that is visible to the user, such as a keyboard, mouse, or display.
Abstract
A user interface is that portion of an interactive computer system that communicates with the user. Design of the user interface includes any aspect of the system that is visible to the user. Once, all computer users were specialists in computing, and interfaces consisted of jumper wires in patch boards, punched cards (q.v.) prepared offline, and batch printouts. Today a wide range of nonspecialists use computers, and keyboards, mice, and graphical displays are the most common interface hardware. The user interface is becoming a larger and larger portion of the software in a computer system--and a more important portion, as broader groups of people use computers. As computers become more powerful, the critical bottleneck in applying computer-based systems to solve problems is more often in the user interface rather than in the computer hardware or software.

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Display apparatus and method thereof

TL;DR: In this paper, a display method for detecting a touch manipulation with respect to an image and changing the display status of the image according to the physical attribute of the touch manipulation is presented.
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Gesture guide system and a method for controlling a computer system by a gesture

Chueh-Pin Ko
TL;DR: In this article, a gesture guide system and a method for controlling a computer system by a gesture are presented, where the system includes a sensor element and a computer, and the method includes steps of communicating the sensor element with the computer system, showing at least one gesture option and corresponding function instruction, detecting a gesture of the user, and executing the corresponding function instructions in response to the detected gesture.
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Context-aware augmented reality object commands

TL;DR: In this paper, a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system is described, where a user input selecting an object in a field of view of the display system, determining a first group of commands currently operable based on one or more of an identification of the selected object and a state of the object is presented to the user.
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Intelligent task discovery

TL;DR: In this paper, a text string is associated with a data type of a plurality of data types and a user input indicative of a task of the at least one task, and in response, causes the task to be performed based on the portion of the text string.
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Touch event model programming interface

TL;DR: In this article, a touch event model can be used to determine touch and/or gesture events based on the touch input signals generated from different regions of a web page displayed on a touch sensitive device.
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Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction

TL;DR: The Sixth Edition of Designing the User Interface provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to the dynamic field of human-computer interaction and user experience (UX) design.
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Direct Manipulation: A Step Beyond Programming Languages

TL;DR: As I talked with enthusiasts and examined the systems they used, I began to develop a model of the features that produced such delight, and the central ideas seemed to be visibility of the object of interest; rapid, reversible, incremental actions; and replacement of complex command language syntax by direct manipulation of the objects of interest.
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Direct manipulation interfaces

TL;DR: A cognitive account of both the advantages and disadvantages of direct manipulation interfaces is sought and two underlying phenomena that give rise to the feeling of directness of manipulation are identified.
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What is the user interface the sy ?

The user interface is the part of a computer system that interacts with the user, encompassing visible aspects. It has evolved from specialist tools to user-friendly hardware like keyboards and mice.

What is user interface capability in computer systems?

The paper does not provide a specific answer to the query. The paper discusses the design and importance of user interfaces in computer systems, but does not explicitly mention the capability of user interfaces in computer systems.

What is the User Interface?

The user interface is the part of a computer system that allows communication between the user and the system.