Archive:10-foot user interface
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
References
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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