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The GUI is a GUI because it uses Icons and a Mouse Pointer, UI is not appropriate
'''FutureOS''' only runs well on a [[CPC6128|CPC6128]] or 6128plus (not CPC464 or 664), because of their support for RAM configuration C3 (essential for the mouse pointer).
== UI GUI ==
The work surface graphical user interface uses uses a point-and-click interface, though it is not completely graphical in its naturemouse pointer to select functions or files. The pointer can be controlled with a joystick, mouse, trackball or light-pen. There is no command line. Therefore FutureOS stands somewhere in the middle between a console interface and a fully-fledged GUI, since there are not the classical elements of WIMP that characterize a GUI but also there is no command line.
The work surface of FutureOS is divided into two sections. On top there is an area holding several icons, where the user can choose a function. Below that the user can browse through directories of discs and hard-disc partitions.
Applications can call the UI as a subroutine. The icons are fixed, so you will always work with the same layout.
Files can be viewed on-screen (scroll up and down) or printed. File headers can also be viewed. When typing a text file it is possible to set the number of columns and lines of the window the text is displayed in.
