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Designing a Metadata-Driven Visual Information Browser for Federal Statistics (2003)
(2005)
When looking for federal statistics, finding the right table, chart or report can be a daunting task for anyone not thoroughly familiar with the federal statistical system. Search tools help, but differing terminologies ...
Bi-Level Hierarchical Layouts for Photo Libraries: Algorithms for Design Optimization with Quantum Content
(2005)
A frequently-used layout for a collection of two-dimensional, fixed aspect-ratio objects, such as photo thumbnails, is the grid, in which rows and columns are configured to match the allowed space. However, in cases where ...
Bridging the Digital Divide with Universal Usability (2001)
(2005)
How do you explain a trashcan to a culture that doesn have one? How do you describe a top loss limit orderto retirees managing their funds? Can you design a text-only interface that conveys the contents and experience ...
Universal Usability as a Stimulus to Advanced Interface Design (2001)
(2005)
The desire to make computing available to broader populations has historically been a motivation for research and innovation that led to new breakthroughs in usability. Menus, graphical user interfaces, and the World-Wide ...
Determining Causes and Severity of End-User Frustration (2002)
(2005)
While computers are beneficial to individuals and society, frequently, users encounter frustrating experiences when using computers. This study attempts to measure, through 111 participants, the frequency, cause, and the ...
Using Rhythms of Relationships to Understand Email Archives
(2005)
Due to email ubiquitous nature, millions of users are intimate with the technology. However, most users are only familiar with managing their own email, which is an inherently different task than exploring an email archive. ...
Motivating Annotation for Digital Photographs: Lowering Barriers While Raising Incentives (2004)
(2005)
Frameworks for understanding annotation requirements could guide improved strategies that would motivate more users to invest the necessary effort. We propose one framework for annotation techniques along with the strengths ...
Using Interactive Visualizations of WWW Log Data to Characterize Access Patterns and Inform Site Design
(1999)
HTTP server log files provide Web site operators with substantial detail regarding the visitors to their sites. Interest ininterpreting this data has spawned an active market for software packages that summarize and analyze ...
Speech-Activated Versus Mouse-Activated Commands for Word Processing Applications: An Empirical Evaluation
(1992)
Despite advances in speech technology, human factors research since the late 1970's has provided only weak evidence that automatic speech recognition devices are superior to conventional input devices such as keyboards and ...
Design and Evaluation of Incremental Data Structures and Algorithms for Dynamic Query Interfaces
(1997)
Dynamic query interfaces (DQI) are a recently developed database access mechanism that provides continuous real-time feedback to the user during query formulation. Previous work shows that DQI are an elegant and powerful ...