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Interface semantics and procedural knowledge: A study of novice understanding of MacDraw

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Human-Computer Interaction (EWHCI 1993)

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This paper presents an analysis of issues affecting the choice of usability evaluation strategies for highly interactive Direct Manipulation interfaces. It reports memory tests on novice users of MacDraw I which investigate the degree of reliance on the interface for cueing, and the sources of information, both within the interface and outside, that may be utilized. A study of the novice subjects' (verbalised) reasoning during experimental task-performance on MacDraw is then reported. Examples of subjects reasoning are used to illustrate the nature of Direct Manipulation evaluation. Issues affecting the selection and development of evaluation methods are then discussed.

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  1. Centre for H.C.I. Design Dept. of Business Computing, City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London

    M. V. Springett, A. S. Grant & A. G. Sutcliffe

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Leonard J. Bass Juri Gornostaev Claus Unger

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Springett, M.V., Grant, A.S., Sutcliffe, A.G. (1993). Interface semantics and procedural knowledge: A study of novice understanding of MacDraw. In: Bass, L.J., Gornostaev, J., Unger, C. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. EWHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57433-6_49

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