Unpacking critical parameters for interface design: Evaluating notification systems with the IRC framework

DIS2004 - Designing Interactive Systems: Across the Spectrum

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 279-288

  Chewar, C M ^a   McCrickard, D Scott ^a   Sutcliffe, Alistair G ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claims; Design reuse; Peripheral display; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTITASKING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN REUSE; HUMAN FACTORS; PERIPHERAL DISPLAY; USABILITY EVALUATION;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 10044232856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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