ENVS 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Web Browser
13 May 2018
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ENVS 1500 Chapter 6 Notes – Summary
Introduction
Purpose of the user interface
• The counterargument to this point of view is that building the user interface and
services into the operating system provides standardization, consistency, and much
improved integration of services.
• Apple Macintosh systems take this approach.
• There is a third approach to the user interface, namely to hide the system user interface
and to use a Web browser model to serve as the interface for the applications that the
user works with.
• Limited access to system utilities can also be supported through the Web interface.
• A detailed look at the issues e’e just raised.
• It explains and justifies the different types of user services that are provided with an
operating system.
• It discusses and illustrates and shows the rationale for the various types of user
interfaces, and it considers the trade-offs between them.
• It shows how user services are accomplished with each type of interface.
• Our primary goal is to expand your ability to use your systems effectively and to
understand the alternative methods available to you for using the operating system to
achieve higher productivity.
• We hope that the chapter will also provide you with a better understanding of what
happens internally within the system when you use your computer.
• The primary purpose of the user interface is to make the facilities of the computer
system accessible to the user by providing the necessary services and commands and
means of access to allow the user to get her work done conveniently and efficiently.
• We emphasize that it is not the intention of the user to interact with the operating
system per se.
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