Research directions for user interface software tools

Olsen, Dan R.; Foley, James D.; Hudson, Scott E.; Miller, James R.; Myers, Brad A.

doi:10.1080/01449299308924370

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“…This is done by adapting ideas taken from user interface management systems (UIMSes) and extending them in a principled way so that cognitive models can interact with any interface built within the UIMS. This will allow cognitive models to be utilized as an interface design and evaluation tool on a wider range of interactive systems as previously envisioned [Olsen et al 1993]. We next present the advantages of this approach for HCI and for modeling.…”

Section: The Synergy Between Cognitive Modeling and Human-computer Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting cognitive models as users

Ritter

Baxter

Jones

et al. 2000

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Cognitive models are computer programs that simulate human performance of cognitive skills. They have been useful to HCI by predicting task times, by assisting users, and by acting as surrogate users. If cognitive models could interact with the same interfaces that users do, the models would be easier to develop and would be easier to apply as interface testers. This approach can be encapsulated as a cognitive model interface management system (CMIMS), which is analogous to and based on a user interface management system (UIMS). We present five case studies using three different UIMSes. These show how models can interact with interfaces using an interaction mechanism that is designed to apply to all interfaces generated within a UIMS. These interaction mechanisms start to support and constrain performance in the same ways that human performance is supported and constrained by interaction. Most existing UIMSes can and should be extended to create CMIMSes, and models can and should use CMIMSes to look at larger and more complex tasks. CMIMSes will help to further exploit the synergy between the disciplines of cognitive modeling and HCI by supporting cognitive models as users.

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Section: The Synergy Between Cognitive Modeling and Human-computer Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting cognitive models as users

Ritter

Baxter

Jones

et al. 2000

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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“…Previous reports discuss future research ideas for UI tools at length [Myers 2000], [Olsen Jr. 1993]. Here, a few of the important ones are summarized.…”

Section: Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Survey on user interface programming

Myers

Rosson²

1992

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '92

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“…A decade and a half ago, the technical publications group was composed of writers, word processor operators, editors, illustrators, typesetters, graphic designers, and paste-up artists (see, Elser, 1992 Olsen et al, 1993;Meyers, 1995), 1. For example, there is a not too uncommon belief that anyone who writes memos each day could make a good user's manual (see .…”

Section: Shared Information Sources and Generalized Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%