A field evaluation of an adaptable two-interface design for feature-rich software

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptable interfaces; Adaptive interfaces; Bloatware; Customization; Featurism; Field experiment; Human computer interaction; Individual differences; Personalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABLE INTERFACES; ADAPTIVE INTERFACES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PERSONALIZATION;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WORD PROCESSING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 34248324420     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1229855.1229858     Document Type: Article

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