1. A computer-readable media having instructions executable on a computing device for editing a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprised of a plurality of individual GUI pages including a first GUI page and a second GUI page, the instructions performing steps comprising:
accepting input to edit the controlling device user interface, the input being used to create a link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page where the link is executable on the controlling device to cause the controlling device to transition from the first GUI page to the second GUI page;
accepting input to cause a display of a visual representation of the link created between the first GUI page and the second GUI page; and
accepting input to initiate a download of the edited controlling device user interface to the controlling device.
2. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the visual representation of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page comprises a display of an image representative of the first GUI page, a display of an image representative of the second GUI page, and a display of an image representative of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page.
3. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 2, wherein the image representative of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page is provided with a label which denotes an action which causes the link to be executed by the controlling device.
4. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 3, wherein the action is associated with a transmission of a command from the controlling device to an appliance.
5. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 3, wherein the action is associated with actuation of a GUI element included as a part of the first GUI page.
6. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a network connection.
7. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a docking station.
8. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device directly from the computing device.
9. A method for interacting with a computing device to edit a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprised of a plurality of individual GUI pages including a first GUI page and a second GUI page, the method comprising:
editing the controlling device user interface on the computing device by providing input used to create a link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page where the link is executable on the controlling device to cause the controlling device to transition from the first GUI page to the second GUI page;
causing the computing device to display a visual representation of the link created between the first GUI page and the second GUI page; and
causing a download of the edited controlling device user interface to the controlling device.
10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the visual representation of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page comprises a display of an image representative of the first GUI page, a display of an image representative of the second GUI page, and a display of an image representative of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the image representative of the link between the first GUI page and the second GUI page is provided with a label which denotes an action which causes the link to be executed by the controlling device.
12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the action is associated with a transmission of a command from the controlling device to an appliance.
13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the action is associated with actuation of a GUI element included as a part of the first GUI page.
14. A computer-readable media having instructions executable on a computing device for editing a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising of a set of command keys used to command a set of logically grouped functions of a controllable appliance, the instructions performing steps comprising:
displaying a representation of the logical group of command keys;
displaying a representation of the controllable appliance;
accepting input for editing the controlling device user interface, the input being used to associate the representation of the controllable appliance with the representation of the logical group of command keys whereupon commands from a command set used to command the set of logically grouped functions of the controllable appliance are automatically associated with corresponding command keys of the set of command keys; and
accepting input to initiate a download of the edited controlling device user interface to the controlling device.
15. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein a drag and drop operation is used to associate the representation of the controllable appliance with the representation of the logical group of command keys.
16. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the logical group of command keys comprise hard keys of the controlling device.
17. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the logical group of command keys comprise soft keys displayable as part of a GUI page on the controlling device.
18. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the logical group of command keys are used to command a logical group of operations of an appliance selected from a group consisting of: volume control operations, transport control operations, channel control operations, and digit entry operations.
19. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the instructions accept input for designating which keys from a displayed plurality of command keys comprises the logical group of command keys.
20. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a network connection.
21. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a docking station.
22. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device directly from the computing device.
23. A method for interacting with a computing device to edit a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising of a set of command keys used to command a set of logically grouped functions of a controllable appliance, the method comprising:
providing input to the computing device to display a representation of the logical group of command keys on the computing device;
providing input to the computing device to display a representation of the controllable appliance on the computing device;
providing input to the computing device to edit the controlling device user interface, the input being used to associate the representation of the controllable appliance with the representation of the logical group of command keys whereupon commands from a command set used to command the set of logically grouped functions of the controllable appliance are automatically associated with corresponding command keys of the set of command keys; and
causing the edited controlling device user interface to be downloaded into the controlling device.
24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein a drag and drop operation is used to associate the representation of the controllable appliance with the representation of the logical group of command keys.
25. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the logical group of command keys comprise hard keys of the controlling device.
26. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the logical group of command keys comprise soft keys displayable as part of a GUI page on the controlling device.
27. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the logical group of command keys are used to command a logical group of operations of an appliance selected from a group consisting of: volume control operations, transport control operations, channel control operations, and digit entry operations.
28. The method as recited in claim 23, comprising providing input to the computing device to designate which keys from a plurality of command keys displayed on the computing device comprises the logical group of command keys.
29. A computer-readable media having instructions executable on a computing device for editing a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising a set of GUI pages, the instructions performing steps comprising:
displaying a representation of the GUI pages;
displaying a representation of a GUI page background image;
accepting input for editing the controlling device user interface, the input being used to associate the GUI page background image with a grouped set of GUI pages within the representation of GUI pages whereupon the GUI page background image is automatically designated to be used with each GUI page within the grouped set of GUI pages; and
accepting input to initiate a download of the edited controlling device user interface to the controlling device.
30. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein a drag and drop operation is used to associate the GUI page background image with the grouped set of GUI pages.
31. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein the representation of GUI pages comprises a tree structure having a hierarchal arrangement of nodes and leaves and wherein a node and each leaf under the node comprise a grouped set of GUI pages.
32. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 31, wherein the GUI page background image is associated with the grouped set of GUI pages by dragging and dropping a copy of the representation of the GUI page background image onto a node of the tree structure.
33. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a network connection.
34. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a docking station.
35. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device directly from the computing device.
36. A method for interacting with a computing device to edit a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising a set of GUI pages, the method comprising:
providing input to the computing device to display a representation of the GUI pages on the computing device;
providing input to the computing device to display a representation of a GUI page background image on the computing device;
providing input to the computing device to edit the controlling device user interface, the input being used to associate the GUI page background image with a grouped set of GUI pages within the representation of GUI pages whereupon the GUI page background image is automatically designated to be used with each GUI page within the grouped set of GUI pages; and
causing the edited controlling device user interface to be downloaded to the controlling device.
37. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein a drag and drop operation is used to associate the GUI page background image with the grouped set of GUI pages.
38. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the representation of GUI pages comprises a tree structure having a hierarchal arrangement of nodes and leaves and wherein a node and each leaf under the node comprise a grouped set of GUI pages.
39. The method as recited in claim 36, wherein the GUI page background image is associated with the grouped set of GUI pages by dragging and dropping a copy of the representation of the GUI page background image onto a node of the tree structure.
40. A computer-readable media having instructions executable on a computing device for editing a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising a GUI page having a plurality of soft keys, the instructions performing steps comprising:
accepting input for editing the controlling device user interface, the input being used to select for each of the plurality of soft keys an image which is to be used to represent an unactivated state of each of the plurality of soft keys; and
accepting input to initiate a download of the edited controlling device user interface to the controlling device wherein, prior to the download of the edited controlling device user interface, the selected images and a background image of the GUI page are automatically rendered into a single graphic element.
41. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 40, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a network connection.
42. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 40, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device via a docking station.
43. The computer-readable media as recited in claim 40, wherein the edited controlling device user interface is downloadable to the controlling device directly from the computing device.
44. A method for interacting with a computing device to edit a controlling device user interface downloadable to a controlling device and comprising a GUI page having a plurality of soft keys, the method comprising:
providing input for editing the controlling device user interface, the input being used to select for each of the plurality of soft keys an image which is to be used to represent an unactivated state of each of the plurality of soft keys; and
causing the edited controlling device user interface to be downloaded to the controlling device wherein, prior to the download of the edited controlling device user interface, the selected images and a background image of the GUI page are automatically rendered into a single graphic element.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An immersion liquid including at least one organic compound having at least one structural element of the general formula I:
wherein X denotes independently of each other S or O, and R denotes hydrogen or hydrocarbon.
2. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, in which the organic compound has at least two andor at most five structural elements of the general formula I.
3. The immersion liquid according to claim 1 wherein the immersion liquid has a refractive index n of at least 1.60, at 20\xb0 C. in the wavelength range between 430 nm and 650 nm.
4. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, wherein the immersion liquid has an Abbe number of at least 18.
5. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, the immersion liquid further comprising at least one additive, by means of which a viscosity v andor a refractive index n of the immersion liquid is adjusted to a predetermined parameter value.
6. The immersion liquid according to claim 5, in which the at least one additive includes at least one of the group consisting of alkylnaphthalene, chloronaphthalene, bromonaphthalene, iodonaphthalene, phenylnaphthalene, benzylnaphthalene, naphthylacetic acid ester, and combinations thereof.
7. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, wherein the organic compound having the at least one structural element of the general formula I includes at least one aromatic andor cyclic ring structure.
8. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, wherein the organic compound having the at least one structural element of the general formula I includes one or more further structural elements selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, thiocarboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, thiocarboxylic acid esters, thioethers, halides, ketones, thioketones, aldehydes, thioaldehydes, alcohols, thiols, amines amides, and combinations thereof.
9. The immersion liquid according to claim 1, wherein the immersion liquid has a viscosity v of at least 50 mm2s, in the temperature range between 20\xb0 C. and 40\xb0 C.
10. An immersion liquid including at least one organic compound obtainable by a reaction between a first compound including at least one isocyanate andor isothiocyanate group and a second compound selected from the group consisting of alcohols, thiols, and combinations thereof.
11. The immersion liquid according to claim 10, wherein the second compound is a solvent.
12. A method for preparing an organic compound for an immersion liquid, the method comprising reacting a first compound including at least one isocyanate andor isothiocyanate group and a second compound selected from the group consisting of alcohols, thiols, and combinations thereof.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the reaction includes an addition step between the first and the second compound.
14. The method according to claim 12 the method further comprising:
providing a predetermined amount of the second compound in a reaction vessel; and
subsequently adding a predetermined amount of the first compound within a predetermined period of time.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the second compound is provided in molar excess with respect to the first compound.
16. The method according to claim 14, in which at least one reaction step of the reaction is performed in presence of a catalyst.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first compound is selected from the group consisting of monofunctional isocyanate and isothiocyanate, and the second compound has at least two alcohol andor thiol groups.
18. An immersion oil for a microscope comprising the immersion liquid of claim 1.
19. An immersion oil for a microscope, in particular a near-field microscope, comprising an organic compound of claim 10.
20. An immersion oil for a microscope comprising an organic compound prepared by the method of claim 12.
21. The method according to claim 16, wherein the catalyst is a tertiary amine.