The term application posture characterizes the nature of a software application's interaction with its user. The term was coined by usability expert Alan Cooper, who characterized four 'postures' for applications: sovereign, transient, daemonic and parasitic. A sovereign application is a program that monopolizes the user's attention for long periods of time.
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- The term application posture characterizes the nature of a software application's interaction with its user. The term was coined by usability expert Alan Cooper, who characterized four 'postures' for applications: sovereign, transient, daemonic and parasitic. A sovereign application is a program that monopolizes the user's attention for long periods of time. Cooper defined transient applications thus: 'A transient posture program comes and goes, presenting a single, high-relief function with a tightly restricted set of accompanying controls. The program is called when needed, it appears and performs its job, then it quickly leaves, letting the user continue her more normal activity, usually a sovereign application.'
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- The term application posture characterizes the nature of a software application's interaction with its user. The term was coined by usability expert Alan Cooper, who characterized four 'postures' for applications: sovereign, transient, daemonic and parasitic. A sovereign application is a program that monopolizes the user's attention for long periods of time.
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