Question

The direct-manipulation systems have significantly evolved overtime, discuss some latest applications that benefit from using direct-manipulation interfaces. Support your answer with suitable examples.

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Answer 1

Direct manipulation systems is the continuous representaion of objects of interest.They are the instant visual physical action instead of complex syntaxes at the backend.It can done by labelled button presses also.

Users get instant feedback from their actions.They are the rapid incremental reversible operations whose impact is directly visible to the users.

benefits of direct manipulation system-

1. consistency
2. efficiency
3. feeling of control
4. congruent interaction
5. playfulness
6. ease of use

Applications that have been benefitted from direct manipulation system are-

• Computer aided design-It uses direct manipulation.It helps to manipulate objects of interest.It solves the problem by analogy to the real world.
• Microsoft automation-Microsoft Windows  is the interactive platform for graphical as well text formatting in the way it is done easily nowadays as it requires no alogorithm.
• Word processor-The spell and grammar checkers,improved micro and the hypermedia provides to interact in a visual manner with less effort.
• VisiCalc-Its users are delighted in watching the program propagate changes across the screen.
• Video games-They have evolved around the time ver efficiently by attracting buyers by their attractive features and addictive influence in todays generation.They try to create a realistic expirience.