Problems with save

  • Authors:

  • Sari A. Laakso;Karri Pekka Laakso;Panu Vartiainen;Asko Saura

  • Affiliations:

  • Interacta Design Oy, Helsinki, FINLAND;University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND;Interacta Design Oy, Helsinki, FINLAND;Interacta Design Oy, Helsinki, FINLAND

  • Venue:
  • CHI '01 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Saving documents, i.e. moving data manually between main memory and disk storage, is a difficult concept for novice users and causes unnecessary work and data loss both for novices and experienced users. Use scenarios show that the problem cannot be solved simply by re-designing the save feature or adding an autosave, because the save problem is entangled in a broader complex of document management problems.Based on the analysis of use scenarios, we have designed and implemented a prototype that solves a set of the most essential problems relating to the save problem in the context of word processing.