Discovering user-generated metaphors through usability testing

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Schulz, Erin ^b   Ramey, Judith ^a,c   Van Alphen, Maarten ^d   Rasnake, William ^e  

^a IEEE

^b Visio Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fluke Industrial BV   (Netherlands)

^e Fluke Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Mental model; Metaphor; Usability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

MENTAL MODELS; USER GENERATED METAPHORS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 0031343495     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.650003     Document Type: Article

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