An evaluation of a multiple interface design solution for bloated software

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 163-170

  McGrenere, Joanna ^a   Baecker, Ronald M ^a   Booth, Kellogg S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive adaptable interfaces; Bloat; Featurism; Field study; Individual differences; Personalization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADAPTIVE INTERFACES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038494760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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