Helping Users Help Themselves

  • Authors:
  • William Hefley

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

Application-learning problems are a perennial design challenge. This persistent help-seeking behavior is forcing designers to wonder if any technologies for designing interactive help will satisfy the user as much as asking a real person. In addition to hypermedia applications, the paper considers several technologies explored as help systems. These technologies can easily provide a knowledgeable apprentice to help users accomplish their tasks, but they do pose challenges for interface design