User Interface Guidelines

This section describes the user interface guidelines applied to the hypertext framework proposed by Rao and Turoff. The classification of nodes and links into various types makes it easier to design an appropriate user interface for a hypertext system.

Table of Contents

1. Identify the metaphor
2. Identify all objects that constitute the system
3. Identify all actions that can be performed on the objects
4. Identify all modifiers that select subsets of objects
5. Identify all strategic choices
6. Identify lateral classifications
7. Identify the formats of objects and parts of objects
8. Identify lists of objects
9. Identify reactive choices that can be performed on a list or a set of objects
10. Identify shared processes
11. Identify all user interaction states
12. Identify necessary help
13. Identify all error conditions
14. Identify the screen layout