Post-reading Exercises:

Task 2. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a graphical user interface?

2. What is the main purpose of using graphical interface?

3. In the area of ​​interface design which is the goal of programming in the field of human-computer interaction?

4. What is the purpose of using the methods of user-centered design?

5. Name some of the needs of GUI design.

6. Which   device recently, used GUI ?

7. Who developed the first graphical user interface?

8. Is GUI used in handheld devices?

9. Who developed the Alto personal computer?

10. What is Star famous for?

11. Can a user in Windows XP GUI switch to the classical Windows NT look?

12. What is the standard window system in the Unix world?

13. When was X Window System released?

14. How was the technology, used by Macintosh operating system X, called?

15. What are the advantages of a graphical user interface?

Task 3. Decide which of these statements are true or false. If they are false, correct them.

1. Graphical user interface is used in handheld devices.

2. The term GUI is historically restricted to the scope of two-dimensional display screens.

3. In 1973 Xerox PARC developed the Salto personal computer.

4. Macintosh was not the first commercially successful product which used a GUI.

5. Some interface features of Mac OS X are inherited from NeXTStep.

6. In the latest cell phones and handheld game systems also employ application specific touch screen GUIs.

7. The GUI is a graphical used image.

8. One method for design of GUI is a used-centered, this a used to ensure that the visual language introduced in the design is well tailored to the tasks.

9. The goal of a programming in the area of human computer interaction is improve the characteristics of the designs.

Task 4. Translate the following phrases into English. Use the text if necessary.

Дослідницька група; робоча станція; переміщуючи на екрані; графічний інтерфейс користувача; трьохвимірне зображення; інновації; мав вплив; роздільна здатність; плоский екран; середовище;

Task 5. Complete the following sentences:

1. A graphical user interface is __________.

2. The term GUI earlier was applied to __________.

3. In 1973 Xerox PARC developed the __________.

4. The standard window system in the Unix world is __________.

5. New effects common to several projects are __________.

Task 6. Define the following terms:

graphical user interface, desktop, easy-to-use interface, rendering, desk accessories, display, 3D user interface, icon, browse, resolution, menu, move around the screen, move up, move down, press the key, drop-down menu, windows, buttons, icons, manipulate images, compositing, without losing quality, addition of menus, to type in all the commands, old bulletin board communications program, post messages, reply to other people's messages, letter key, number key, to be successfully marketed, drawing programs, image-editing programs, computer art, digital art.

Task 7. What do the following abbreviations stand for?

GUI, PARC, WYSIWYG, PC, OS, CPU, 3D, HTML.

Task 8. Complete this extract from a wiki entry about Windows Vista.

improvement visual developed vulnerability tools networking viruses features

Windows Vista is an operating system 1….. by Microsoft for use on personal computers. Development was completed on November 8, 2006; over the next three months it was released in stages to computer manufacturers, business customers, and shops. On January 30, 2007, it was released worldwide to the general public, and was made available for purchase and download direct from Microsoft. The release of Windows Vista comes more than five years after the introduction of Windows XP.

Vista contains hundreds of new and improved 2…... The most significant include an updated GUI and 3….. style called Windows Aero, improved search features, new multimedia creation 4….., and completely redesigned 5….., audio, print, and display sub-systems. However, perhaps the greatest 6….. has been to security. Windows XP suffered from 7….. to 8….. and malware, and it will be interesting to see to what extent this has been addressed in Vista.

Task 9. Choose the correct answer:

1. GUI a) grafic user interface; b) graphical user interface; c) graphical users interface;

2. OS a) operating system; b) operation system; c) operating systematisation;

3. WIMP a) windows, information, menus, pointer; b) windows, icons, memory, pointer; c) windows, icons, menus, pointer.

Task 10. Which elements of a GUI would you need to click on to carry out the following tasks?

1. To open a letter that you’d been writing in Word.

a) document icon; b) program icon.

2. To launch your internet browser software.

a) folder icon; b) program icon.

3. To move up and down through a window.

a) drop-down menu; b) scroll bar.

4. To restart or shut down your computer.

a) menu bar; b) hard drive icon.

5. To find out how much space is left on your C: drive.

a) program icon; b) hard drive icon.