USER-CENTERED DESIGN OF INTERFACE TOOLKITS
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1993-01-01
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Current user interface toolkits unnecessarily complicate
the process of creating user interfaces. This paper suggests that
the design of these toolkits must be rethought. We advocate
a user-centered approach to the design of these development
tools, considering the application developer as user and
applying principles from interface design to design of
interface toolkits. The process of user-centered toolkit
design is described, making use of design affordances to
influence the developer's use of the toolkit. User-centered
design is shown as a useful framework for understanding a
number of toolkit issues and their solutions.
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Computer Science