The Tunes Interfaces Subproject


Project scope

The Interfaces subproject is devoted towards specifying how things will interact and interface. This includes humans speaking to computers, computers speaking to humans, computers speaking to each other.

The project currently has two main areas to look at. The first is how to create Tunes User Interfaces that are easier to program for and use that existing ones. Basically to fix everything wrong with today's programming and using environments.

The second is the development of a syntax for the HLL. Fare has a good start going with the semantics, but without some sort of syntax, you can't have much of a language.

Project Members

Project coordinatior: Chris

Members: who knows these days, with Tunes in its zombie-like state?

Project Goals/To Keep In Mind

Plan of Action

HLL

UI

Internal Developments

(most recent items first)

Automatic Interface Generation
On Word Processing in Tunes
On Games in Tunes
Worlds E-mail List Thread: lots of good, old discussion. Basic ideas thereof:

Some of Rainer's UI Thoughts
What's Wrong With Today's UIs and What We Can Do to Help: old musings of Chris
Jecel's GUI Paper: describes GUI advantages, evolution, and the gap between machine's state and user's perception thereof

Otherwhere on the WWW

WWW UI Links
Up to the Tunes home page
Page maintainer (no more): Chris (chrisha@simba.lakeside.sea.wa.us)