Author/Owner | Readers | Title | Summary | Approx Date Ready for Review | Comments |
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Fahimeh Raja, Kirstie Hawkey, Kosta Beznosov | Leah, Karyn, Joel | Towards Usable Configuration of Personal Firewalls: Increasing Understanding of Current and Future States | User study examining mental models of firewalls and understanding of firewall configuration - participants used both Vista Basic Firewall and a prototype interface | Email us for the latest draft when you are ready to read!(hawkey@eceDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca, fahimehr@eceDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca) | |
Leah Findlater, Karyn Moffatt, Joanna McGrenere | NinjaTang, Fahimeh | Ephemeral Adaptation: The Use of Gradual Onset to Improve Menu Selection Performance | User evaluation of ephemeral adaptation, a new adaptive GUI technique that employs gradual onset to draw the user’s attention to predicted functionality. In an ephemeral menu predicted items appear abruptly when the menu is opened, but non-predicted items fade in gradually. | September 5 | PrimingPaper_v1_for_review.doc |
Leah Findlater, Ravin Balakrishnan, Kentaro Toyama | Rock, Kirstie, Karyn | Something like: "Interfaces for semiliterate users" | User study showing the benefit of text-based but augmented interaction for semiliterate individuals. | September 5 | LiteracyStudyDraft_v2_for_IDRG.doc |
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LiteracyStudyDraft_v2_for_IDRG.doc | r1 | manage | 464.0 K | 2008-09-06 - 19:05 | LeahFindlater | literacy study draft |
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PrimingPaper_v1_for_review.doc | r1 | manage | 157.5 K | 2008-09-06 - 02:21 | LeahFindlater | draft of ephemeral adaptation paper |