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The ECLIPSE user interface
Author(s) -
Sommerville Ian,
Welland Ray,
Potter Stuart,
Smart John
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380190405
Subject(s) - interface (matter) , eclipse , computer science , interface metaphor , user interface , metaphor , software , human–computer interaction , software engineering , operating system , natural user interface , user interface design , linguistics , philosophy , physics , bubble , astronomy , maximum bubble pressure method
This paper describes the user interface facilities of the ECLIPSE integrated project support environment. This interface is based on a consistent metaphor called the ‘control panel’ metaphor and includes standard help and message‐handling systems. The paper describes these as well as some of the interface standards which have been developed. The interface has been implemented on top of the ‘applications interface’, which provides a portable, hardware‐independent interface for software tools.