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Data Structures in the Design of Interfaces

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Computer science algorithms can be used to improve user interfaces. Using data structures as a source of design ideas, a new interface was constructed for a cellular telephone handset. Once implemented, a user experiment was conducted which showed that predicted improvements in usability were confirmed with real users doing realistic tasks.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa, , , , , , ZA

    G. Marsden

  2. School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, London, UK, , , , , , GB

    H. Thimbleby, M. Jones & P. Gillary

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Marsden, G., Thimbleby, H., Jones, M. et al. Data Structures in the Design of Interfaces . Personal Ub Comp 6, 132–140 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007790200012

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