Scenario-Based Requirements for Web Macro Tools

Authors:
Christopher Scaffidi;Allen Cypher;Sebastian Elbaum;Andhy Koesnandar;Brad Myers
Affiliations:
Carnegie Mellon University, USA;Almaden Research Center, IBM, USA;University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA;University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA;Carneige Mellon University, USA
Venue:
VLHCC '07 Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Web macros automate interactions with web sites and related information systems. Though web macro recorders and players have grown in sophistication over the past decade, these tools cannot yet meet many needs of users in daily life. Based on observations of browser users, we have compiled ten scenarios describing tasks that users would benefit from automating. Our analysis of these scenarios yields specific requirements that web macro tools should support if those tools are to be applicable to these real-life tasks. Our set of requirements constitutes a benchmark for evaluating tools.