The designer as user: building requirements for design tools from design practice

Software tools that support the design and development of interactive computing systems are an exciting possibility. The potential pay-off is great: user interface management systems, for example, promise not only to speed the process of specifying, implementing and maintaining user interface code,...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM 1988-11, Vol.31 (11), p.1288-1298
Main Authors: ROSSON, M. B, MAASS, S, KELLOGG, W. A
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Computer science
control theory
systems
Exact sciences and technology
Problem solving
Program development software
Software
Software engineering
User interface
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Summary:Software tools that support the design and development of interactive computing systems are an exciting possibility. The potential pay-off is great: user interface management systems, for example, promise not only to speed the process of specifying, implementing and maintaining user interface code, but also to guide the content of the user interfaces they support. As for any tool intended for human use, however, the success of software design tools will hinge on a thorough understanding of the problems they seek to address—design as it is practiced in the real world.
ISSN:0001-0782
1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/50087.50090