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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 37 , Issue 4 (April 1994) table of contents

Pages: 21 - 27

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0001-0782

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Marc Rettig

Andersen Consulting, Chicago, IL

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
Subjects: Evaluation/methodology

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
Subjects: User interfaces
D.2.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

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