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1996
 
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Page, Stanley R., Johnsgard, Todd J., Albert, Uhl and Allen, C. Dennis (1996): User Customization of a Word Processor. In: Tauber, Michael J., Bellotti, Victoria, Jeffries, Robin, Mackinlay, Jock D. and Nielsen, Jakob (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 96 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 14-18, 1996, Vancouver, Canada. pp. 340-346.

“The purpose of the study was to identify the customization changes users typically make to their word processor. Ninety-two percent of the participants customized their software in some way. Participants who used the software most heavily also did the most customization (p < .05). Most of the customization was done to facilitate the participants' work practices. The most common changes involved providing easier access to custom or often-used functionality. Button Bars seemed to provide an easy and effective means for participants to customize access to the functionality they wanted. Few participants customized the visual appearance of the interface.”

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1995
 
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Johnsgard, Todd J., Page, Stanley R., Wilson, Robert D. and Zeno, Ronald J. (1995): A Comparison of Graphical User Interface Widgets for Various Tasks. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 287-291.

“The purpose of the present study was to compare user performance, accuracy and preference while using standard user interface controls or "widgets" to complete specific types of tasks. Radio buttons were significantly faster, accurate, and preferred than any other widget for the mutually exclusive selection tasks. For the non-mutually exclusive selection tasks, check boxes were significantly faster and preferred. These widgets were superior due to the fact that all possible options were initially visible. As the number of options increased, the time to complete each task also increased. A practitioner's table for selecting effective widgets for specific types of tasks is provided. Further implications for user interface design and research are discussed.”

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Page, Stanley R. (1993): Selecting Colors for Dialog Boxes and Buttons in a Text Interface. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1993. pp. 208-213.

“The purpose of this study was to identify combinations of dialog box, button, and button highlight colors that would allow users to easily identify the highlighted button in a text interface. A combination of research analysis, performance testing, and preference testing was used to provide the design data within a short time frame. A preference test showed that users preferred black text on a gray background for dialog boxes and gray text on a blue background for document windows. Research analysis was used to reduce the potential button colors to eighteen by eliminating colors that research showed could cause problems. In the button color study, 57 participants were asked to select which of two buttons was highlighted in 306 separate pairs of buttons. Dialog boxes with gray text on blue, gray on black, or gray on dark gray as the non-highlighted button colors produced the best performance scores. Preference data indicated that white on blue, white on light blue, or white on red were good choices as highlight colors.”

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