Effectiveness and efficiency: the need for tailorable user interfaces on the Web

This paper discusses the need for tailorable user interfaces, in particular for Web-based systems. We argue that user interfaces need to be configurable by the end users to match their skills and work requirements. We then describe what configurability has been induced by user feedback and how tailo...

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Published inComputer networks and ISDN systems Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 499 - 508
Main Authors Appelt, Wolfgang, Hinrichs, Elke, Woetzel, Gerd
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.04.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
BSCW Shared Workspace
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
Groupware
Information systems. Data bases
Memory organisation. Data processing
Multilinguality
Software
Tailorability
User feedback
User interface
World Wide Web
Groupware
User interface
Tailorability
Multilinguality
Multilingualism
World wide web
User interfaces
Information retrieval
Internet
User need
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Summary:This paper discusses the need for tailorable user interfaces, in particular for Web-based systems. We argue that user interfaces need to be configurable by the end users to match their skills and work requirements. We then describe what configurability has been induced by user feedback and how tailorability for various degrees of user skills was integrated and implemented in the BSCW shared Workspace System, a Web-based groupware tool.
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ISSN:0169-7552
DOI:10.1016/S0169-7552(98)00016-6