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This report provides system designers with basic human factors information and guidelines for designing and developing the software user interface. A brief discussion of the user interface design philosophy is presented, followed by an overview of the user interface options available (such as color and highlighting), candidate approaches, and discussion of general display concepts and user interface features. We have presented information to facilitate discussions of user interface options, to aid in making final user interface design decisions, and to further the refinement of the user interface. We provide a candidate questionnaire for evaluating your software user interface. 41 refs., 3 tabs.

This report provides system designers with basic human factors information and guidelines to help in the selection of manual data input devices. The selection of such devices is important with respect to the environment in which the device with be used, speed of data entry required, error potential, and the user friendliness of the candidate devices. The report reviews several of the most commonly used data input devices and provides a description of each, experimental evaluations, and observations and recommendations based on review of the data. In addition, the appendix presents an input device matrix that gives general guidance concerning input devices and the physical and mission environment in which they might be used. Additional assistance should be requested from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Human Factors Personnel. 23 refs., 13 figs.