The User Interface Designer's Aide

用于交互式计算系统的人类用户界面在以下方面变化很大： 用户友好性、功率和效率/有效性。 系统 用户界面特性评估方法的研究 开始于20世纪70年代，一些实验方法--都有各种各样的 优点和缺点-现在都有了。 本研究旨在 扩展其中一种方法--基于一个网络级别的模型-- 适应更多的输入方式，特别是图形输入板，触摸 面板和语音识别器;并将该方法/模型嵌入到 自动评估可供选择的界面设计的程序。

Human-user interfaces for interactive computing systems vary greatly in user friendliness, power, and efficiency/effectiveness. Systematic study of means for assessing the characteristics of user interfaces began in the 1970s, and some experimental methods--all having various strengths and weaknesses--are now available. This research aims to extend one of the methods--that based on a keystroke-level model--to accommodate more input modalities, notably graphic tablets, touch panels, and voice recognizers; and to embed the method/model in a program that assesses automatically alternative interface designs.