Title :
Improving user-interface responsiveness despite performance limitations
Author :
Duis, David ; Johnson, Jeff
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 26 1990-March 2 1990
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1990.63712
