Direct manipulation for comprehensible, predictable and controllable user interfaces
Published 1 January 1997Open access
Ben Shneiderman
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Dramatic opportunities exist to develop direct manipulation programming to create end-user programming tools, dynamic queries to perform information search in large databases, and information visualization to support network database browsing.
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Article Free Access Share on Direct manipulation for comprehensible, predictable and controllable user interfaces Author: Ben Shneiderman Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MDView Profile Authors Info & Claims IUI '97: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Intelligent user interfacesJanuary 1997 Pages 33–39https://doi.org/10.1145/238218.238281Online:06 January 1997Publication History 137citation3,535DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations137Total Downloads3,535Last 12 Months194Last 6 weeks28 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
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