Thesis Details

Feasibility Study of Benefits of Étoilé User Environment

Bachelor's Thesis Student: Čáp Michal Academic Year: 2006/2007 Supervisor: Eysselt Miloš, Ing., CSc.
Czech title
Feasibility Study of Benefits of Étoilé User Environment
Language
English
Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the goals of the Étoilé project and to analyse its feasibility. The Étoilé project is an open source community attempt to replace obsolete user interface concepts widely used in current systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.

This work consists of the following parts:

  • description of the concepts proposed by the Étoilé community
  • design of the fictional environment that would develop from Étoilé project in a future
  • task analyses showing a work as if it took place on that environment
  • survey researching user approval on these concepts
  • brief description of the underlying architecture used in the project
  • estimation of the effort needed until Étoilé gets usable
Keywords

Étoilé, desktop environment, user-centric, document-oriented, user interface GNUStep, Objective-C, user environment, usability, object oriented environment, graphics interface, GUI, user interface concepts, Unix GUI, service oriented approach

Department
Department of Computer Systems FIT BUT
Degree Programme
Information Technology
Files
Status
defended, grade A
Date
27 August 2007
Reviewer
Zemčík Pavel, prof. Dr. Ing.
Committee
Honzík Jan M., prof. Ing., CSc. (DIFS FIT BUT), předseda
Křena Bohuslav, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT), člen
Kunovský Jiří, doc. Ing., CSc. (DITS FIT BUT), člen
Motyčka Arnošt, doc. Ing., CSc. (Mendelu), člen
Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT), člen
Citation
ČÁP, Michal. Feasibility Study of Benefits of Étoilé User Environment. Brno, 2007. Bachelor's Thesis. Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology. 2007-08-27. Supervised by Eysselt Miloš. Available from: https://www.fit.vut.cz/study/thesis/2934/
BibTeX 
@bachelorsthesis{FITBT2934,
    author = "Michal \v{C}\'{a}p",
    type = "Bachelor's thesis",
    title = "Feasibility Study of Benefits of \'{E}toil\'{e} User Environment",
    school = "Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology",
    year = 2007,
    location = "Brno, CZ",
    language = "english",
    url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/study/thesis/2934/"
}

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