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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 36 , Issue 4 (April 1993) table of contents
Special issue on graphical user interfaces

Pages: 40 - 55

Year of Publication: 1993

ISSN:0001-0782

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Jeff A. Johnson	Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
Bonnie A. Nardi	Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
Craig L. Zarmer	Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
James R. Miller	Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA

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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: User interface management systems (UIMS)

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.1 PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
Subjects: User interfaces
D.2.m Miscellaneous
Subjects: Rapid prototyping**

H. Information Systems
H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES

K. Computing Milieux
K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Languages

Keywords:
UI, UIMS, spreadsheet, toolkit

REVIEW

"Frank Lawrence Friedman : Reviewer"

ACE, the authors' prototype Application Construction Environment, is designed to facilitate the development of interactive, graphical applications. The motivation behind the development of ACE was to provide a system to make the “develop more...

Collaborative Colleagues:

Jeff A. Johnson: colleagues

Bonnie A. Nardi: colleagues

Craig L. Zarmer: colleagues

James R. Miller: colleagues

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