An approach for designing composite metaphors for user interfaces

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-220

  Hsu, Y C ^a   Boling, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite metaphors; Game designers; Hypermedia systems; Interview; Metaphorical interfaces; Structural cues

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE METAPHORS; GAME DESIGNERS; INTERVIEW; METAPHORICAL INTERFACES; STRUCTURAL CUES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 34249048362     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500402528     Document Type: Article

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