Graphical Definitions: Expanding Spreadsheet Languages through Direct Manipulation and Gestures

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-33

  Burnett, Margaret M ^a   Gottfried, Herkimer J ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Direct manipulation; Forms 3; Gestures; Human Factors; Languages; Programming by demonstration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013253784     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/274444.274445     Document Type: Article

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