EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY - THE NEED FOR TAILORABLE USER INTERFACES ON THE WEB

Authors
APPELT W HINRICHS E WOETZEL G
Citation
W. Appelt et al., EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY - THE NEED FOR TAILORABLE USER INTERFACES ON THE WEB, Computer networks and ISDN systems, 30(1-7), 1998, pp. 499-508
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Information Systems",Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Computer networks and ISDN systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
01697552
Volume
30
Issue
1-7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
499 - 508
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-7552(1998)30:1-7<499:EAE-TN>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This paper discusses the need for tailorable user interfaces, in parti cular for Web-based systems. We argue that user interfaces need to be configurable by the end users to match their skills and work requireme nts. We then describe what configurability has been induced by user fe edback and how tailorability for various degrees of user skills was in tegrated and implemented in the BSCW Shared Workspace System, a Web-ba sed groupware tool. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All ri ghts reserved.