April 1983 - Vol. 26 No. 4
Features
Error messages: the neglected area of the man/machine interface
The quality of error messages produced by software used in the field was tested by a simple experiment; it was found to be far from adequate. The results of the…
This paper presents an efficient algorithm based on Quicksort. The Quicksort algorithm is known to be one of the most efficient sorting techniques; however, one of the…
Design rules based on analyses of human error
By analyzing the classes of errors that people make with systems, it is possible to develop principles of system design that minimize both the occurrence of error and the…
Using formal specifications in the design of a human-computer interface
Formal specification techniques are valuable in software development because they permit a designer to describe the external behavior of a system precisely without…
The evaluation of text editors: methodology and empirical results.
This paper presents a methodology for evaluating text editors on several dimensions: the time it takes experts to perform basic editing tasks, the time experts spend…
Job and health implications of VDT use: initial results of the Wisconsin-NIOSH study
Magnitudes and correlates of stress were investigated among 248 office workplace VDT users and 85 nonuser counterparts using field survey and objective physical…
Composing letters with a simulated listening typewriter
With a listening typewriter, what an author says would be automatically recognized and displayed in front of him or her. However, speech recognition is not yet advanced…