Interaction styles answers

1. What are interaction styles, what interaction styles are there, how would you describe them and what are their most representative examples?

Interaction Style—is the type of interface and the interaction it implies, for example, command line, graphical user interface (GUI), or speech. The most representative examples are:

·         Command-line interface

·         Graphical user interface

·         Natural user interface

·         Copy and paste, Cut and paste

·         Single Document Interface, Multiple Document Interface, Tabbed Document Interface

·         Pointer

·         Widget (computing)

·         Icons

·         WIMP (computing)

·         Point-and-click

·         Drag-and-drop

·         Window managers

·         WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)

·         Zooming user interface (ZUI)

·         Brushing and linking

·         Crossing-based interfaces

2. What are interaction paradigms, what are the unavoidable ones, how would you describe them and what are their most representative examples?

Interaction Paradigm— is a model or pattern of human–computer interaction that encompasses all aspects of interaction, including physical, virtual, perceptual, and cognitive.

The most representative examples are:

• Large Scale Computing
• Personal Computing
• Networked Computing
• Mobile Computing
• Collaborative Environments
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality

3. As interaction paradigms are facilitated by interaction styles (and interaction styles facilitate interaction paradigms) what are the relations between the interaction paradigms and styles you selected?

Yes, the paradigms are facilitated by interaction styles. Without paradigms interaction styles couldn’t exist, it helps to dominant and connect with interaction design.