Paper Info
Title
SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award Talk: Icons, Metaphor, and End-User Programming
Abstract
Throughout my career I have tried to make computers easier to use-and therefore more useful- for ordinary people. Along the way, I've invented a few things that have proven to be helpful. At the operating system level, I tried to make the interface to applications more intuitive by introducing the concepts of icons and metaphor. Within applications, I tried to make the interface simpler by reducing the number of commands, making them more general ("universal"), and making their options and parameters visible with dialog boxes. I also tried to make it possible for ordinary people to program computers, since as long as people can only use predefined applications, they will be able to access only a fraction of the power of computers. These efforts have all appeared in commercial products, from the Xerox Star office computer to Stagecast Creator's educational software. These innovations have affected the personal computer industry in significant ways.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3334480.3386148
CHI '20: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Honolulu HI USA April, 2020
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
User interface, icons, desktop metaphor, dialog boxes, universal commands, end-user programming, programming by demonstration, educational software
Conference
978-1-4503-6819-3
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
david canfield smith110.71