Guide: A GUI differentiator

Applications with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are ubiquitous. Nontrivial GUI-based applications (GAPs) evolve frequently, and understanding how GUIs of different versions of GAPs differ is crucial for various tasks such as testing and project effort estimation. We offer a novel approach for com...

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Main Authors: Qing Xie, Grechanik, M., Chen Fu, Cumby, C.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic testing
Design engineering
Feedback
Graphical user interfaces
Impedance
Large-scale systems
Performance evaluation
Prototypes
Vegetation mapping
Visualization
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Summary:Applications with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are ubiquitous. Nontrivial GUI-based applications (GAPs) evolve frequently, and understanding how GUIs of different versions of GAPs differ is crucial for various tasks such as testing and project effort estimation. We offer a novel approach for comparing GUIs. We built a tool called GUI DifferEntiator (GUIDE) that allows users to visualize differences between GUIs of running GAPs automatically, so that the identified changes can be served as guidance to test the new release of the GAP or to estimate the effort of a project.
ISSN:1063-6773
2576-3148
DOI:10.1109/ICSM.2009.5306286