Names and reference in user interfaces

Authors:
Harold Thimbleby;Michael Harrison
Affiliations:
Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom;Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Venue:
BCS-HCI '07 Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it - Volume 2
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This short paper argues that references in user interfaces, in particular names and the values they denote, are often designed in a way that is incomplete and inconsistent thereby causing problems for users. This paper explores names and values through illustrations in order to clear the way for a more systematic approach to the design of names and reference.