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Sirius: An Object-Oriented Framework for Prototyping User Interfaces

Separation, Integration and Specialisation: Issues and Mechanisms for Object-Oriented User Interface Construction

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Building Interactive Systems

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Abstract

The object-oriented approach to software construction is well suited to the development of graphical user interfaces with their rich state and complex behaviour. We have re-appraised how user interface and application software can be structured in an object-oriented context and developed a framework architecture which defines a standard organisation based on abstract superclasses which are specialised for an application. Our Sirius prototyping system is an implementation of this architecture and has been successfully used in the design of new user interfaces for the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Centre.

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  1. Logica Cambridge Limited, Betjeman House, 104 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 ILQ, England

    Peter Windsor

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  1. Computing Science Department, University of Glasgrow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

    Philip Gray MSc

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK

    Roger Took PhD

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Windsor, P. (1992). Sirius: An Object-Oriented Framework for Prototyping User Interfaces. In: Gray, P., Took, R. (eds) Building Interactive Systems. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3548-7_13

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