Direct manipulation interfaces already employ a weak analogy to the use of physical tools in the real world. Despite certain tradeoffs, a stronger application of tool-using principles can lead to improvements in the design of software interfaces. I outline here some of the theory behind such an approach, and describe the design of systems that follow these principles, with emphasis on a tool-based drawing application called HabilisDraw.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-07252004-201934 |
| Date | 26 July 2004 |
| Creators | Horton, Thomas Eugene |
| Contributors | R. Michael Young, Dennis R. Bahler, Robert St. Amant |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07252004-201934/ |
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