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references a-b
Topic:
novice users and the UserInterface
Topic:
problems with usability testing
Topic:
ease of use
Topic:
generated variable
Topic:
user-defined languages
Topic:
customized user interfaces
Topic:
user interface tool kits
Topic:
programming language design
Topic:
function syntax by pattern
Topic:
page formatting
Topic:
help in UserInterface
Group:
computer science
Topic:
programming as mathematics
Topic:
program proving is infeasible
Reference
Borenstein, N.S., Programming as if people mattered: friendly programs, software engineering, and other noble delusions, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1991. Google
Notes
Ph.D. thesis for Carnegie-Mellon on help systems
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72 ;;Quote: Andrew's first editor abandoned for Emacs because it omitted basic useful features
95 ;;Quote: Andrew's EZ editor won users by implementing a package for C programs that was not possible in Emacs
104 ;;Quote: skip vowels to avoid checking for dirty, automatically generated words
87 ;;Quote: user customization language for screen formatting; popular; very simple, flexible syntax
87 ;;Quote: Andrew's Console program included a library of easily selected, alternative formats; between default format and full customization
125 ;;Quote: user interfaces were largely irrelevant to help system effectiveness; most important was the quality of help texts
162 ;;Quote: most practical programming doesn't involve much mathematical theory; contradicts computer science education
162+;;Quote: program verification is a shared joke among programmers; something that must be learned and then ignored
ThesaHelp: references a-b (396 items)
Topic: novice users and the UserInterface (25 items)
Topic: problems with usability testing (16 items)
Topic: ease of use (46 items)
Topic: generated variable (7 items)
Topic: user-defined languages (38 items)
Topic: customized user interfaces (10 items)
Topic: user interface tool kits (31 items)
Topic: programming language design (53 items)
Topic: function syntax by pattern (15 items)
Topic: page formatting (16 items)
Topic: help in UserInterface (33 items)
Group: computer science (871 topics, 23143 quotes)
Topic: programming as mathematics (27 items)
Topic: program proving is infeasible (46 items)