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Software engineering is difficult. Addressing human-computer interaction concerns correctly and comprehensively across different “look & feel”s is difficult. Combining two difficult problems usually is even more difficult. Software tools that support creating platform independent graphical user interfaces has eased the complexities. These tools' main contribution is providing abstractions above the level of hardware, operating system, and windowing system. Human-computer interaction concerns are reduced; software engineering concerns about delivering a product across multiple platforms are reduced; productivity rises; and user interface quality, consistency, and look & feel compliance are increased.
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Chimera, R. (1995). Platform independent GUI builders advance software engineering to handle HCI issues. In: Taylor, R.N., Coutaz, J. (eds) Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction. SE-HCI 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 896. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035805
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