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Introduction to Graphical Human-Machine Interfaces
Annoucements

Wed 04/16/97

• The schedule for the paper presentations is now finalized. Remember that if you would like some clear sheets for making transparencies or if you would like to have your slides xeroxed onto transaprency film, please see the instructor ahead of time.

Mon 04/14/97

• The due date for the research papers has been extended to give you one more weekend to work on it. All papers are due: Monday, April 21, at the start of class!
• The handout for project 2 is now in an envelope outside the instructor's office (Amos Eaton 205). The sample applets you need are also ready for your taking.
• Check out the new resource links for HCI General and CSCW.

Fri 04/11/97

• The handout for project 2 is now in an envelope outside the instructor's office (Amos Eaton 205). The sample applets you need are also ready for your taking.

Thu 04/10/97

• The discussion question for Week 12 has been posted to the newsgroup.

Wed 04/09/97

• Sign up for you paper presentation. Get your favorite slot! First-come, first-served! If you do not sign up by next Wedensday (04/16) I may randomly assign you to a vacant slot!
• On Monday, we meet in the Design Conference Room This is room 3211 of the CII. We will see a tour and a guest lecture or two by Lee Honeycutt.
• Further details about the Java project will be available around noon on Friday (04/11). I will put the handouts in an envelope outside of my office (Amos Eaton 205).

Mon 04/07/97

• I encourage you to try out the sample programs discussed in today's Java lecture. From your RCS account try out the javac compiler and the java interpreter. Try running the sample applet (on the last page of the notes) from within your browser.
• Details for project 2 will be announced on Wed 04/09/97.

Thu 04/03/97

• This week's discussion question has been posted to the newsgroup.

Wed 04/02/97

• Those of you that have not signed up for your demo for project 1, please do so ASAP! We want to have all demos done this week. There are still slots available on Thursday morning and afternoon. If you are unable to schedule a demo at this time, please contact the instructor to arrange a time on Friday.
• On Monday (4/7) we will have a lecture on Java. You don't want to miss this lecture, since you will need it to do project 2.
• On Monday (4/14) we will learn all about Rensselaer's Design Conference Room with guest lectures by Lee Honeycutt.

Thu 03/27/97

• Those of you that do not yet have a copy of your research paper may pick it up outside my office. There is a big envelope containing the ones not yet picked up.
• Also, this week's handouts (important: readings for next week!) are also in an envelope outside my office. If you do not have those you may also pick those up.

Wed 03/26/97

• The instructor's office hours will be from 11:00AM -- 1:00PM today instead of at the usual time.
• Remember to submit a uuencoded tar file to ghmi-submit@cs.rpi.edu by 11:59PM tonight! It is your responsibility to ensure your submission is received correctly. For detailed instructions, put the word HELP in the subject line of your message.
• If you wish to include a user manual with graphics and formatting rather than plain text, you may do so. Bring a copy of your printed manual to your demo. Another option is to put it together using html and submit the HTML pages along with your source in addition to bringing a printed copy to the demo.
• On Monday (03/31/97), we will view Video Lab 5
• Do the two introductory sections The "Hello World" Application and The "Hello World" Applet found in Sun's Java Tutorial. || Yahoo: Java || The Java Boutique
• See the new resources added below on Java and Web Usability. Go explore!
• Don't forget this week's on-line discussion question.

Wed 03/19/97

• Don't forget to pick out your paper topic by Friday, 03/21! Here is a a list of topics already chosen.
• To learn more about Garnet and Amulet and other exciting research at CMU, please see HCI Research at CMU. Also, there is an article on Garnet in one of the books on reseve. See the supplementary readings for this week.
• On Monday, I plan to bring a copy of the paper you selected for you to have. If you would like to have a copy of your paper sooner, please stop by my office.

Mon 03/17/97

• Welcome back! Here is an overview of what we plan to accmplish in the remaining weeks of the course.
• Is there an advanced topic you would like to see covered in the course? Let me know.
• See the new section below on important dates.
• Note there is a typo on the handout regarding the term paper assignment (handed out today); papers are due Friday, April 18, by 5PM

Wed 03/05/97

• The due date for Project 1 has been extended to Wednesday, March 26 at midnight. Of course this means that we want to see actual working interfaces. The buttons and other widgets should actually do something when the user interacts with them.
• See this week's discussion question.
• This discussion question has been posted.

Mon 03/03/97

• Rick has placed the essential O'Reilly X Programming books on two hour loan from the circulation desk. You may wish to consult these books for more concrete information for implementing your Motif programs. Note that these books are not listed in electronic reserves. You need to give the title and call number to the staffperson at the circulation desk to get it.

  If you are having trouble getting a hold of a book please see the instructor or TA; we can probably find one you can look at for a few minutes.

• Project 1 notes
  • See demo for an example Motif program using a text widget, and a group of radio buttons.
  • See demo/rooms.h and demo/testrooms.c for an example of how to use a C struct to store room information.
  • Make sure you are using the revised makefile

• Don't forget the readings.

Fri 02/28/97

• There is another demo program from which you can see some example code for creating Motif widgets. This one shows how to create a text widget.

• Also, to see one way to fill a C struct with room information, see demo/rooms.h and demo/testroom.c.

Wed 02/26/97

• There were 5 handouts (see readings and handouts) today. If you did not get them please see the instructor.

• This week's readings are now assigned. The supplementary readings for week 4 were revised to include chapter 28 of Preece. You may wish to read that.

• Be sure to participate in the weekly discussion question.

Tue 02/25/97

• Rick has placed the essential O'Reilly X Programming books on two hour loan from the circulation desk. You may wish to consult these books for more concrete information for implementing your Motif programs.

• Important note about X resource files. Several of you have had trouble getting X resource files to work with your programs for Project 1. Please read Rick's note on resources for more information.

Mon 02/24/97

• IMPORTANT! Note that Imake is not working as we expected on RCS. As a workaround, Rick has provided us with an improved Makefile. This Makefile will compile the sample vend program. Please read the comments in the improved Makefile to learn how to modify it to compile your programs. You no longer need to run xmkmf, simply adapt the improved Makefile to your program. See also Rick's compile note.

• The instructor's normal office hours for today have been cancelled. You may drop in any time later this week should you have questions about the project or the course.

• Check out the various X Programming Resources on the Web.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Wed 02/19/97

• Professor Franklin's ECSE course 35.475 Computer Graphics also covers X Windows programming with Motif. You may find some useful information in some of his handouts which are on-line from the course page. You can find postscript versions of the handouts suitable for printing on laser printers as well as some example programs on RCS in /dept/ecse/graphics/.

• Check out the various X Programming Resources on the Web.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

• No readings assigned this week; this is to give you more time to work on the X toolkit programming project.

Wed 02/12/97

• Today six handouts on X toolkit programming (see readings) and Programming Project 1 were handed out. If you did not get these please see the instructor.

• Check out the various X Programming Resources on the Web.

• You might want to attend the Computer Science Colloqium
  Optimization Problems in Graphics and User Interfaces by Steven Skiena
  Wednesday Feb 12, 4:00-5:00pm, refreshments at 3:30pm in Sage 5510

• Lecture notes from the 01/29/97, 02/03/97, and 02/05/97 are now available in HTML.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Mon 02/10/97

• You might want to attend the Computer Science Colloqium
  Optimization Problems in Graphics and User Interfaces by Steven Skiena
  Wednesday Feb 12, 4:00-5:00pm, refreshments at 3:30pm in Sage 5510

Wed 02/05/97

• Check that your student information is correct.

• Be sure to come to class next week!
  • Monday (02/10): In-Class Exercise #2
  • Wednesday (02/12): Guest lecture on X programming; programming project #1 asssigned.

• Don't forget the readings for the week.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Mon 02/03/97

• The lecture notes for User Interface Software Tools (02/03/97) are available.
• Lecture notes for last Wednesday's lecture segment on Usability will be available soon.
• Don't forget the readings for the week.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Mon 01/27/97

• A set of notes for today's lecture on metaphor are now available.

• Don't forget the readings for the week.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Wed 01/22/97

• The write-up for the in-class exercise done today will be due in class on Monday, January 27. Come prepared to show your model to the rest of the class!

• Don't forget the readings for the week.

• Remember to participate in the weekly discussion on the newsgroup.

Thu 01/16/97

• The weekly discussion has been posted to the newsgroup.

Wed 01/15/97

• Remember to turn in your video lab reports by Friday, 01/17, 5PM in Rick Kline's box in Amos Eaton 119.
• Don't forget the readings for the week.

Mon 01/13/97

• Text books are available in the bookstore.
• Take a look at the readings for the week.