Reading and writing with computers: A framework for explaining differences in performance

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1080-1089

  Hansen, Wilfred J ^a   Haas, Christina ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrew; Computer Human Interaction; Human Factors; Reading and Writing with Computers; Text Editing; User Interface; Word Processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS, DIGITAL - HUMAN FACTORS;

READING WITH COMPUTERS; WRITING WITH COMPUTERS;

COMPUTER INTERFACES;

EID: 0024082706     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/48529.48532     Document Type: Article

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