Quantifying and reducing the cost of web edits

  • Authors:
  • Edward Benson

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The web is an increasingly important medium of expression for both technical and non-technical authors, and the family of web languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc) is poised to become the de facto content authoring format across disciplines. For such a future to become possible, the ease with which authors---especially non-technical authors---can express themselves becomes paramount. This work presents a method of reducing the complexity of source-level HTML authoring and shows its experimental impact on usability. Our initial findings suggest a path toward simpler HTML source organization without sacrificing rich, modern design.