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A Human factors based user interface design

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Human Computer Interaction (VCHCI 1993)

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This paper reports first results of the GMD project “User Interface Design Assistance (IDA)”. The objective of this project is to develop computer based design aid tools for a human factor based user interface design. The reasons for concentrating on human factors are their increasing importance in the new European Economic Area and the lack of knowledge of the designers in the area of human factors. The design aid tools are integrated in a user interface management system (UIMS) to support the designers during the development process. The aim is to impart human factors knowledge for innovative user interfaces (e.g. object-oriented graphical interfaces; 3-D user interfaces; hypermedia user interfaces) to the designers. This will be done with the help of design aid tools, like a composition tool, a tutoring tool and a quality assurance tool. They are presented in some detail. First results have shown, that it is principally possible to realise such design aid tools.

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  1. Institute for Applied Information Technology, Human-Computer Interaction Research Division, German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), PO. Box 1316, D-53731, St. Augustin

    Harald Reiterer

  2. Institute for Applied Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 4/3-4, A-1010, Vienna

    Harald Reiterer

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Reiterer, H. (1993). A Human factors based user interface design. In: Grechenig, T., Tscheligi, M. (eds) Human Computer Interaction. VCHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 733. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57312-7_77

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