Pattern Languages as Tool for Discount Usability Engineering

  • Authors:
  • Elbert-Jan Hennipman;Evert-Jan Oppelaar;Gerrit Veer

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science, Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands 6419 AT;School of Computer Science, Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands 6419 AT;School of Computer Science, Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands 6419 AT

  • Venue:
  • Interactive Systems. Design, Specification, and Verification
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Despite growing pattern collections in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), both on the Internet [1-3] and in books [4, 5], these collections have usability problems when being used by those software engineers, who lack expertise in human-centered design. In this paper we report on the development of a tool that is intended to improve accessibility and usability of HCI design patterns for engineers. We aim at a tool that is simple and safe to be used without expert knowledge. Such a tool can be used in what could be labeled "discount usability engineering". A new type of HCI pattern language combined with a supportive tool is intended to overcome some of the gaps these engineers have in HCI-background.