Using scenario-based requirements to direct research on web macro tools

Authors:
Christopher Scaffidi;Allen Cypher;Sebastian Elbaum;Andhy Koesnandar;Brad Myers
Affiliations:
Carnegie Mellon University, 4104 Wean Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120, USA;Computer Science and Engineering Department, 261 Avery Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA;Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, 3517 Newell-Simon Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Venue:
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Web macros automate the interactions of end users 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 tasks that people perform 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, which we demonstrate by evaluating the Robofox, CoScripter, and iMacros tools.