Chapter 11. Control and User Interface Standards
In the early days of computer programming, the user interface was not an issue. Hollerith cards, toggle switches on a mainframe front panel, punched paper tapes, these were all the interface that a real programmer needed. And why not? The programmers were generally the only ones who ever interacted with the computer. As long as the programmer could understand the input and output, there was really no reason to provide any more convenience or complexity to the application.
Today, programmers are one of the smallest groups of users to approach a computer. Many computer users (possibly most) are practically computer illiterate. The responsibilities placed on the programmer are much higher today because ...
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