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Communications of the ACM, Volume 48, Issue 1

Pages 71 - 74

https://doi.org/10.1145/1039539.1039541

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The human-computer interaction community aims to increase the awareness and acceptance of established methods among software practitioners. Indeed, awareness of the basic usability methods will drive an Information Society for all.

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Interaction design and children

January 2005

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DOI:10.1145/1039539

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