A proper explanation when you need one (1995) [10 citations — 6 self]
by Harold Thimbleby, Peter B. Ladkin, Technische Fakultat
BCS Conference HCI’95, People and Computers, X, pp107–118
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/~ladkin/Papers/hci95.ps.gz
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Abstract:
Quality program design has received considerable attention from the software engineering community. Quality user manual design has received considerable attention from the human computer interaction community. Yet manuals and systems are often independently conceived, and thus do not well complement each other. This paper shows one method of easily obtaining correct and complete user manuals guaranteed to correspond with the system they document. The method has considerable merit for improving interactive systems design. Keywords: User manuals. Interactive systems programming. Iterative design. Safety.
Citations
| 968 | Usability engineering – Nielsen - 1993 |
| 340 | Literate Programming”, The – Knuth |
| 103 | Algorithm = logic + control – Kowalski - 1979 |
| 28 | Algorithm = Logic – Kowalski - 1979 |
| 2 | Manuals as Structured Programs – Thimbleby - 1994 |
| 1 | DF200 User guide, (Apparently coded – BT |
| 1 | Ladkin (in press), “Analysis of a Technical Description of the Airbus A320 Braking System,” High Integrity Systems – B |
| 1 | Giving Users Help With Apple Guide – Powers - 1994 |
| 1 | A Comparison of Algorithms for Hypertext – Sharples, Goodlet - 1994 |
| 1 | Ladkin (in press), "Analysis of a Technical Description of the Airbus A320 Braking System – B |
