Resources of interest
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Government Sites: FedStats   NCHS   census  
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minimalism-Carroll       cmu-hcii       google APIs       group      
US gov hierarchy :       gksoft       lib.lsu      

Reading List

All notes are [restricted link]s, too.
  1. Promoting Universal Usability with Multi-Layer Interface Design notes
    Ben Shneiderman, CUU '03, November 10-11, 2003, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  2. Training Wheels in a User Interface notes
    John M. Carroll and Caroline Carrithers, Comm. ACM 27, 8 (1984), 800-806.
  3. An Evaluation of a Multiple Interface Design Solution for Bloated Software notes
    Joanna McGenere, Ronald M. Baecker, Kellogg S. Booth; Proc. CHI 2002 Conference: Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York (2002), 163-170.
  4. A Field Study of Exploratory Learning Strategies notes
    John Rieman (U. of Colorado); ACM Trans. on computer-Human Interaction, 3, 3 (September 1996), 189-218.
  5. The Zen of Minimalism: Designing a Top-of-class manual for beginners and advanced users notes
    Carl Stieren (Simware, Inc. Canada); Proc 16th Annual International Conference on Computer Documentation, (September 1998), 103-112.
  6. Layering a minimal interface [restricted link] notes
    Frank Vetere & Steve Howard (U. of Melbourne, Australia); INTERACT 2003 - Bringing the bits together: Ninth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 1-5 September 2003, Zuerich, Switzerland.
  7. Developing and Evaluating Scenarios for Use in Designing the National Statistical Knowledge Network   Abstract   source-ref
    Hert, C.A. (2002). Working Paper.
  8. Finding Governmental Statistical Data On The Web: A Case Study Of FedStats   Abstract   source-ref
    Ceaparu, I. (2003) IT & Society 1(3), 1-17.
  9. New Approaches to Help Users Get Started with Visual Interfaces: Multi-Layered Interfaces and Integrated Initial Guidance.   source-ref
    Kang, H., Plaisant, C., and Shneiderman, B. (2003). Proc. 2003 National Conference on Digital Government Research.
  10. Finding Governmental Statistical Data on the Web: Three Empirical Studies of the FedStats Topics Page   html
    Ceaparu, I., Shneiderman, B. (2003). UMD-CS-TR
  11. A Study of Search Result Clustering Interfaces: Comparing Textual and Zoomable User Interfaces
    Walky Rivadeneira, Benjamin B. Bederson (October 2003) HCIL-2003-36
  12. Universal Usability
    Ben Shneiderman, Communications of the ACM, 43(5): 84-91, 2000.
  13. Plasticity of User Interfaces: Framework and Research Agenda
    David Thevenin & Jošelle Coutaz, INTERACT'99.

Related Papers

  1. Hands-on practice in learning to use software: a comparison of exercise, exploration, and combined formats
    Wiedenbeck, S., Zila, P., ACM Transactions of Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 4(2): 169-196, 1997.
  2. Teachers as simulation programmers: minimalist learning and reuse
    Rosson, M.B., Cheryl, D.S., Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 237-244, 2001.
  3. Designing minimal documentation using a GOMS model: a usability evaluation of an engineering approach
    Gong, R., Elkerton, J., Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 99-107, 1990.

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