Roseman, MarkGreenberg, Saul2008-02-272008-02-271993-01-01http://hdl.handle.net/1880/45947Current 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.EngComputer Scienceunknown1993-501-0610.11575/PRISM/30799