Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
The graphic user interface is a revolutionary development
over the prior art technique of the command line interface. Using GUI the user
can do even complex operations through simple means like clicking buttons or
dragging various graphic elements.
Ideally the GUI should contain all those buttons (or menu
items or other GUI elements) and only those buttons (or menu items or other GUI
elements) that the user needs. Besides the GUI elements should not obscure the
display of data, should take no time for searching and should create no
confusion in any level of user.
Generally the GUI elements are all pre-coded and built into
the system by the developer. Even the experienced developer cannot
realistically anticipate what options will be required by the users at a future
point of time. As it is ultimately the user who knows his requirement, it is
better that the user himself configures the GUI according to his requirement.
The article discusses the problems involved in implementing
user-configurability and illustrates twelve inventions from US Patent database
on the same issue. Each invention is analyzed from a TRIZ perspective to
illustrate the contradictions, Ideal Final Result and Inventive Principles.
Mishra, Umakant,
Inventions on User Configurable GUI A TRIZ Based Analysis (September 7, 2007).
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1271448 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1271448
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255999453_Inventions_on_User_Configurable_GUI_A_TRIZ_Based_Analysis
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