Bachelor Thesis - Computer Graphics Group

Right clicking the icon will display the main menu, which provides access
to all features of the application, such as the configuration windows. User
friendliness is important. The user interface and the configuration should be
intuitive and easy to use.
The minimum operating system version supported will be a 32-bit edition of
Windows XP, which is the most commonly used version of Windows at present.
Older versions, including Windows 2000, are now obsolete as they lack a lot of
functionality introduced in later versions. Windows Vista, as well as Windows
Server 2003 and 2008 will be supported too. The application as a whole will
not be portable, as the system integration involves use of platform specific
functions. However, due to the modular design, many parts of the program
will be platform independent.
The application will be developed in C++, to achieve good performance and
keep the resource use low. The actual tools employed will be described in
more detail in the Technologies used chapter. The program configuration will
be stored in the convenient XML format. Plug-in support will allow further
extension of the functionality.
1.5 Challenges
In addition to laborious tasks such as the user interface design and implementation,
we expect having to deal with a few challenges. A way to detect gestures
performed in any application reliably has to be found. The development of
an accurate gesture recognition algorithm is also expected to be a non-trivial
task. On the other hand, we expect to gain a lot of knowledge and experience
while developing the application.
1.6 Program structure
Modularity is one of the main goals that have been set. Modular architecture,
when properly designed, yields many benefits:
• possible porting to another operating system in the future will be easier
• the source code will be well organized and more readable
• debugging will be easier, as self-contained functional units can be developed
and tested separately
• plug-in system can be implemented, allowing 3 rd party developers to
extend the application’s core functionality
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