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Volume 4 , Issue 5 (Sept./Oct. 1997) table of contents

Pages: 9 - 14

Year of Publication: 1997

ISSN:1072-5520

Authors

Libby Hanna	IMG Usability, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA
Kirsten Risden	IMG Usability, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA
Kirsten Alexander	Hardware Ergonomics and Usability, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
J. Computer Applications

General Terms:
Design, Theory, Verification

REVIEW

"Joseph L. Podolsky : Reviewer"

This article is a delight on several levels. First, it covers its topic, usability testing with children, very well. Second, it is an example of a welcome trend in computing products, focusing on the usability needs of specific population segm more...

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