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Title: UW CS Colloq., D. Thompson on "Telidon Page Creation & Database Design"
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Posted: Tue Jun 15 13:37:27 1982
Received: Wed Jun 16 00:35:41 1982
Expires: Thu Jun 24 00:00:00 1982


               DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
               UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

               COLLOQUIUM ACTIVITIES

               COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM - Wednesday, June 23, 1982.

               Dean Thompson  of  Computer  Communications  Networks
               Group, University of Waterloo, will speak on "Telidon
               Page Creation and Database Design."

               TIME:  3:30 PM

               ROOM:  M&C 5158

               ABSTRACT

               While one can achieve many interesting and useful ef-
               fects  on  a  Telidon  terminal screen, there are in-
               herent limitations which are placed upon the informa-
               tion  content  of a Telidon database by the nature of
               the medium.  This colloquium will examine these limi-
               tations and other aspects, such as:

               - the use and misuse of colours
               - page lay-out
               - special effects, including animation
               - aesthetic vs functional graphics
               - intelligible user-promopts
               - databases for naive users.

               Coffee and refreshments will be served at 3:00 PM.

                       June 15, 1982