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User‐interface design for text editing: A case study
Author(s) -
Sneeringer James
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380080505
Subject(s) - occam , computer science , user interface , interface (matter) , user interface design , human–computer interaction , interface metaphor , process (computing) , natural user interface , usability , natural language user interface , programming language , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
This paper describes the design of the user interface of a text editor named Occam with the goal of communicating by example the process of user‐interface design. An attempt is made to induce principles; where that attempt falls, the raw details are presented. First Occam Itself Is described, and then aspects of its user Interface are used to exemplify (1) power versus ease of learning, (2) the use of prototypes and user feedback, (3) the importance of planning and (4) error detection and handling.