DocumentCode
2406511
Title
Improving user-interface responsiveness despite performance limitations
Author
Duis, David ; Johnson, Jeff
Author_Institution
Hewlett Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
Feb. 26 1990-March 2 1990
Firstpage
380
Lastpage
386
Abstract
The concept of user interface responsiveness is distinguished from that of performance. It is argued that performance limitations are inevitable and that performance need not limit responsiveness. Four techniques for improving responsiveness despite limited and/or fluctuating processing resources are presented. These are adaptive resource allocation; parallel problem solution; work-ahead, that is, precomputing solutions; X3 and nonsequential input processing. The merits and drawbacks of these techniques are discussed.<>
Keywords
user interfaces; X3; adaptive resource allocation; nonsequential input processing; parallel problem solution; performance limitations; responsiveness; user interface; work-ahead; Application software; Delay; Feedback; Humans; Laboratories; Mice; Software design; Software performance; Software systems; Usability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compcon Spring '90. Intellectual Leverage. Digest of Papers. Thirty-Fifth IEEE Computer Society International Conference.
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2028-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1990.63712
Filename
63712
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