@conference {2823, title = {The transition from contemporary to virtual user interfaces for Web-based Services}, booktitle = {World Conference of the WWW, Internet and Intranet-WebNet 99, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA}, year = {1999}, month = {25 - 30 October}, pages = { 125 - 130}, abstract = {Computer and Internet based services are increasingly provided to users in our days. The users are also increasing exponentially and it is obvious that they are not experienced in the use of computers. This paper examines the problem of user friendly web based service interfaces and proposes a new kind of interface. This interface is called a Virtual Interface and is thoroughly presented. The Virtual Interface is compared to contemporary User Interfaces and the results of this comparison are also presented.}, author = {Christos Bouras and Agis Konidaris and Afroditi Sevasti} }