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Designing an interactive facility for non-programmers

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ACM '80: Proceedings of the ACM 1980 annual conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/800176.810003

Published: 01 January 1980 Publication History

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This paper describes research (which is in its early stages) to investigate the best way of designing an interactive problem-solving computer system for people who are not programmers. The research is empirical and involves subjects solving problems on a representative system. Features of interest (which will become experimental treatments) include the means of sign-on and sign-off, the means of communication with the non-programmer, the process of matching a user with the appropriate package, the execution of such packages, and enhancements to such packages. This paper concludes with a description of a pilot experiment using a prototype system in which subjects with written documentation and those with no documentation at all were more productive than subjects with online system documentation. No performance differences were found in the factors of information display and single vs. multiple response capabilities.

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Andrade OBean NNovick DMehlenbacher BProtopsaltis AWilliams ASlattery S(2009)The macro-structure of use of helpProceedings of the 27th ACM international conference on Design of communication10.1145/1621995.1622022(143-150)Online publication date: 5-Oct-2009
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SHNEIDERMAN B(2007)The future of interactive systems and the emergence of direct manipulation†Behaviour & Information Technology10.1080/014492982089144501:3(237-256)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2007
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Designing an interactive facility for non-programmers
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interactive systems and tools
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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