List of Figures

| Table of Contents | List of Figures | List of Tables |

Figure 1-1. IRIX Interactive Desktop

Figure 1-2. Icon States: User Actions and Effects

Figure 2-1. Web Tools Icons

Figure 2-2. File Icons

Figure 2-3. Application and File Icon Components

Figure 2-4. IconSmith Examples

Figure 2-5. IconSmith Color Palette

Figure 2-6. Icon States and Effects on Color

Figure 2-7. Potential Icon Background Areas and Colors

Figure 2-8. Application Icon in Running and Not Running States

Figure 2-9. Examples of Application Icons That Could be Improved

Figure 2-10. Examples of Standard File Icons

Figure 2-11. Examples of File Icons for Application-Specific File Formats

Figure 2-12. Launch Dialog Box

Figure 2-13. Icon Catalog

Figure 2-14. The Find an Icon Tool

Figure 3-1. Examples of Graphic Modifications in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

Figure 3-2. Scheme Setting Control Panel

Figure 3-3. Features of a Typical Main Primary Window

Figure 3-4. Title Bar Label Appearing in Desks Overview

Figure 3-5. Labels for Main Window Title Bars

Figure 3-6. Default Maximum and Minimum Window Size Examples

Figure 3-7. Setting Auto Window Placement

Figure 3-8. Single-Action Pointer Grab Example: Capture by Sweeping

Figure 3-9. Multiple-Action Pointer Grab Example

Figure 3-10. Minimized Window Example: Good User Association With Application

Figure 3-11. Minimized Window Examples

Figure 3-12. Minimized Window Example: Incorrect Design

Figure 3-13. Minimized Window Example: Design That's Too Literal

Figure 3-14. Minimized Window Example: Indicating Status With the Label

Figure 3-15. Desks Overview Window

Figure 3-16. Setting Session Management

Figure 3-17. Setting Auto Window Placement

Figure 4-1. The IRIX Interactive Desktop Software Manager

Figure 4-2. Typical Help Menu and Related Windows

Figure 4-3. Context-Sensitive Help Example

Figure 4-4. Typical Help Menu

Figure 4-5. Help Button Example

Figure 4-6. Task-Oriented Help Example

Figure 4-7. Language Control Panel

Figure 4-8. Mouse Settings Control Panel

Figure 4-9. Desktop Settings Control Panel

Figure 4-10. Selecting Preferred Editor in MediaMail

Figure 5-1. Clipboard Transfer Example

Figure 5-2. Primary Selection Example

Figure 5-3. Primary Transfer Example: Before Transfer

Figure 5-4. Primary Transfer Example: After Transfer

Figure 6-1. Allowable Parent-Child Window Relationships

Figure 6-2. ”Single Document, One Primary” Application Model

Figure 6-3. ”Single Document, Multiple Primaries” Application Model

Figure 6-4. ”Multiple Document, Visible Main” Application Model

Figure 6-5. ”Multiple Document, No Visible Main” Application Model

Figure 6-6. Basic Primary Window

Figure 6-7. Primary Windows With Tool Palettes

Figure 6-8. Primary Window With Two Panes

Figure 6-9. The IRIS Showcase Align Gizmo

Figure 6-10. The IRIX Interactive Desktop Color Chooser

Figure 7-1. Location Cursor Example

Figure 7-2. Components and Fields

Figure 7-3. File Finder Component

Figure 8-1. Menu Bar

Figure 8-2. Pull-Down Menu

Figure 8-3. Cascading Menu

Figure 8-4. Popup Menu

Figure 8-5. Option Menu Button

Figure 8-6. An Open Option Menu

Figure 8-7. Elements of a Pull-Down Menu

Figure 8-8. Standard Menus for Menu Bars

Figure 8-9. The Standard File Menu

Figure 8-10. The Standard Edit Menu

Figure 8-11. Radio buttons

Figure 8-12. Checkboxes

Figure 8-13. Popup Menu

Figure 9-1. Pushbuttons

Figure 9-2. Option Button and Option Menu

Figure 9-3. Checkboxes

Figure 9-4. Radio Buttons

Figure 9-5. LED Button

Figure 9-6. List

Figure 9-7. Scrollbar

Figure 9-8. IRIX Interactive Desktop Scale

Figure 9-9. The File Finder

Figure 9-10. Thumbwheel

Figure 9-11. Dials

Figure 10-1. Sample Prompt, Error, Warning, Working, Question and Information Dialogs

Figure 10-2. The IRIX Interactive Desktop File Selection Dialog

Figure 10-3. Warning Dialog Layout

Figure 10-4. Warning Dialog With Save, Discard, and Cancel Buttons

Figure 10-5. Error Dialog With Specific Entity

Figure 10-6. Working Dialog with IRIX Interactive Desktop Scale

Figure 10-7. Warning Dialog for Overwriting a File

Figure 10-8. Warning Dialog for Reverting to Previous Version

Figure 10-9. Product Information Dialog

Figure 13-1. The Camera Analogy in 3D Viewing

Figure 13-2. Schematic Illustration of Tumbling (Implementation Perspective)

Figure 13-3. Schematic Illustration of Dollying (Implementation Perspective)

Figure 13-4. Schematic Illustration of Zooming (Implementation Perspective)

Figure 13-5. Schematic Illustration of Panning (User Drags Right)

Figure 13-6. Simple Example of Seeking to Door

Figure 13-7. Schematic illustration of Roaming (Implementation Perspective)

Figure 13-8. Schematic Illustration of Tilting (Implementation Perspective).

Figure 13-9. Schematic Illustration of Sidling (User Drags Left)

Figure 13-10. Application With Viewing Controls

Figure 14-1. Two Objects with Bounding Box Feedback

Figure 14-2. Object With Manipulator

Figure 14-3. Selection Feedback: Lead Object Has Manipulator.

Figure 14-4. Grouped Collection of Objects With Manipulator.

Figure 14-5. Ungrouped Collection of Objects (Knight Is Lead Object)

Figure 15-1. Object With Translation Manipulator (Bounding Box)

Figure 15-2. Simple Planar Translation Sequence

Figure 15-3. Constrained Translation Along One Axis of the Selected Plane

Figure 15-4. Constrained Translation Along the Normal to the Selected Plane

Figure 15-5. Object With Rotation Manipulator (Rotation Handles)

Figure 15-6. Constrained Rotation Sequence

Figure 15-7. Free Rotation Sequence

Figure 15-8. Object With Scaling Manipulator (Scaling Handles)

Figure 15-9. Uniform Scaling Sequence

Figure 15-10. Axial Scaling Sequence

Figure 15-11. Uniform Scaling Around a Corner

Figure 15-12. Axial Scaling Around a Side

Figure 15-13. Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling

Figure 15-14. Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling Along An Axis