Designing a multimedia query interface for casual users.

by Fong Siu-kit.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-77).Abstract --- p.1Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.2Chapter 2. --- Background and Related Work --- p.5Chapter 2.1 --- Requirements of a Good Query Language /Interface --- p.5Chapter 2.2 --- Casual versus Frequent Users --- p.6Chapter 2.3 --- Graphical User Interface --- p.8Chapter 2.4 --- Windowing --- p.10Chapter 2.5 --- Use of Voice in User Interface --- p.11Chapter 2.6 --- Related Work --- p.12Chapter 2.6.1 --- Examples of Query Interface Designs in the Literature --- p.13Chapter 2.6.2 --- Examples of Query Interfaces in Commercial Packages --- p.15Chapter 3. --- Interface Design Concepts --- p.17Chapter 3.1 --- Data Model --- p.18Chapter 3.2 --- General Guidelines on Interface Design --- p.19Chapter 3.3 --- Divide and Conquer Strategy --- p.21Chapter 3.4 --- Unit of Operation --- p.24Chapter 3.5 --- The Second Clicking Principle --- p.26Chapter 3.6 --- Use of Voice in the Interface --- p.28Chapter 3.7 --- Customization of User Level --- p.29Chapter 4. --- Interface Specification and implementation --- p.30Chapter 4.1 --- System Menu --- p.31Chapter 4.2 --- ER Diagram and Tables Window --- p.33Chapter 4.3 --- Overview on R Window and Result Icon Window --- p.36Chapter 4.4 --- Choose Fields Operation --- p.38Chapter 4.5 --- Choose Rows Operation --- p.41Chapter 4.6 --- Combine Tables Operation --- p.45Chapter 4.7 --- For Each Group Operation --- p.49Chapter 4.8 --- Set Operations --- p.50Chapter 4.9 --- Decomposition and Recomposition of Queries --- p.51Chapter 5. --- Example of Application for a Complex Query --- p.54Chapter 6. --- Help Facilities and Error Handling --- p.63Chapter 6.1 --- Help Function --- p.64Chapter 6.2 --- Error Diagnosis --- p.66Chapter 7. --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.69Bibliography --- p.73Appendix --- p.7