Characterizing large-scale use of a direct manipulation application in the wild

Proceedings - Graphics Interface

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-18

  Lafreniere, Benjamin ^a   Bunt, Andrea ^b   Whissell, John S ^a   Clarke, Charles L A ^a   Terry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive interfaces; Community command usage; Logging; Long term usage; Longitudinal study; Open source software; Remote usability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE INTERFACE; COMMUNITY COMMAND USAGE; LOGGING; LONG-TERM USAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; REMOTE USABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955625170     PISSN: 07135424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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