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A 10-foot user interface is a software graphical user interface, designed for display on a television set (or similar large screen), with interaction using a regular television-style remote control.

"10 foot" refers to the fact that the interface's elements—i.e. menus, buttons, text fonts, and so on—are theoretically large enough to easily read at a distance of 10 feet (approximately 3 metres) from the display, (which in this context is normally a television). To avoid distractions and to be clearer, 10 foot UIs also tend to be very simple and usually only have the core buttons you require.

Typical examples of 10-foot user interfaces are media center software applications such as Front Row, LinuxMCE, Windows Media Center and XBMC Media Center interfaces.

See also

• Graphical user interface
• Post-WIMP and WIMP (WIMP stands for "window, icon, menu, pointing device")
• Skin
• User interface engineering
• Human-Machine Interface
• Live user interface
• Look and feel
• Object-oriented user interface
• Organic User Interface
• Usability
• Ergonomics
• Model-view-controller

External links

• 10-foot user interface definition-PC World
• "10-foot user interface" definition according to The Free Dictionary by Farlex

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