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Interface Design Tools Project

Authors: William J. Salter; Dan Cerys; Bruce Papazian; R. B. Roberts; BBN LABS INC CAMBRIDGE MA
Abstract:
This report describes an effort to provide tools that assist in the design and development of user interfaces. Human factors knowledge is used to provide an intelligent capability which can be applied to generate interface alternatives and the underlying code for those alternatives. Two gaps evident in available tools for dealing with windows were also addressed: clustering windows and linking windows. Clustering deals with the grouping of multiple windows, and the tools provided facilitate the specification of screen configurations. Linking tools provide mechanisms to specify and enforce functional dependency between windows so that when what is in one changes the other windows change in prespecified ways.

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Final rept. Jan 89-May 90
Pages: 13
Report Date: AUG 91
Contract Number: F30602-87-D-0093
Report Number: A185242
Keywords relating to this report:
*TOOLS
CLUSTERING
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INTERFACES
USER NEEDS
WINDOWS
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