6.831 | Spring 2011 | Graduate

User Interface Design and Implementation

In-Class Activities

Errors and User Control

The purpose of this activity is to explore the undo models used in single-user text editing. You will find a few different kinds of textboxes below. Experiment with your web browser’s undo model for text editing by typing, deleting, changing properties, and using Undo. Try to figure out:

  • how many undo streams are there—one, or many?
  • how is the history divided into undoable units?
  • how much previous state is recovered when you undo? (selections? cursor positions?)
  • what visible feedback does Undo give? (e.g., if the Undo affects a location scrolled out of the box?)

One line, plain text

Multi-line, plain text

I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one. But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one.

Multi-line, rich text

Bold Italic

Reply (To The “Purple Cow”)
by Gelett Burgess
_Apres Cinq Ans,_1914

Ah, yes, I wrote the “Purple Cow”–
I’m sorry, now, I wrote it!
But I can tell you anyhow,
I’ll kill you if you quote it.

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