Title :
Scribble: a diagram editor with a minimal interface
Author_Institution :
Sch. of MPCE, Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Existing CASE tool diagram editors have large, complex, and sophisticated graphical user interfaces. Because of their size, these interfaces are difficult to learn and hard to use. A minimal interface for a diagram editor provides only the essential behaviour required by the user in the simplest possible manner. Minimal interfaces are smaller than traditional interfaces, and should be easier and quicker to use. To test the feasibility of a smaller and simpler interface, we designed a minimal interface for a CASE tool diagram editor, and implemented a small prototype tool using that interface
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; diagrams; graphical user interfaces; human factors; software tools; CASE tool diagram editors; Scribble; diagram editor; graphical user interfaces; minimal user interface; prototype tool; usability; Computer aided software engineering; Engineering drawings; Inspection; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paper technology; Process design; Programming; Software design; Software systems; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Human Interaction, 1996. Proceedings., Sixth Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hamilton
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7525-X
DOI :
10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560006