Bloat": The objective and subject dimensions

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 337-338

  McGrenere, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bloatware; Complex software; Creeping featurism; Evaluation; Functions; Office applications; User study

Indexed keywords

BLOATWARE; COMPLEX SOFTWARE; CREEPING FEATURISM; EVALUATION; OFFICE APPLICATIONS; USER STUDY;

FUNCTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84869393656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/633292.633495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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