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International Workshop on Design, Specification, and Verification of Interactive Systems

DSV-IS 2000: Interactive Systems Design, Specification, and Verification pp 79–95Cite as

SUIT — Context Sensitive Evaluation of User Interface Development Tools

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Developers of interactive software are confronted by a variety of software tools to help them design and implement user interfaces. They often resort to ad hoc means of tool selection and subsequently are dissatisfied with their chosen tool. In this paper we describe a framework, evaluation methodology, and associated tool for investigating the suitability of user interface development tools (UIDTs) for use in software development organizations and projects. We also present the results of two informal empirical studies carried out in support of the development of our framework and method.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, 17 Lilybank Gardens, G12 8RZ, Glasgow

    Joanna Lumsden & Philip Gray

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  1. LIHS University Toulouse 1, Place Anatole France, 31042, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Philippe Palanque

  2. Istituto CNUCE, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via V. Alfieri 1, 56010, Ghezzano-Pisa, Italia

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Lumsden, J., Gray, P. (2001). SUIT — Context Sensitive Evaluation of User Interface Development Tools. In: Palanque, P., Paternò, F. (eds) Interactive Systems Design, Specification, and Verification. DSV-IS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1946. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44675-3_6

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