CS 4393 Topics in User Interfaces
Required Readings - Fall 2005

Readings:

• Week 1 (Aug. 24 and 26): Introduction

Required:
• SP: Chapter 1
• Core I: Chapter 7, pages 245-260
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• Week 2 (Aug 29 and 31 and Sep 1): Basic principles

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• SP: Chapter 2 (Read carefully p. 60-78, skim rest)
• Core I: Chapter 8 (Read basic event handling discussion, rest as needed)
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• Week 3 (Sep 7 and 9): Design methodology

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• SP: Chapter 3 (read p. 110-122 carefully, skim rest of chapter)
• Core I: Chapter 9 (read Model-View-Controller carefully, skim as needed for calculator implementation)
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• Week 4 (Sep 12, 14 and 16): Software tools

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• SP: Chapter 5
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• Week 5 (Sep 19, 21 and 23): Direct manipulation

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• SP: Chapter 6 (Read p. 214-240)
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• Week 6 (Sep 26, 28 and 30): Menu selection

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• SP: Chapter 7
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• Week 7 (Oct 3, 5 and 7): Command line interfaces

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• SP: Chapter 8
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• Week 8 (Oct 10, 12 and 14): Review and midterm

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• Week 9 (Oct 17, 19 and 21): Quality of services

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• SP: Chapter 11
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• Paper:

Stress response caused by system response time when searching for information on the Internet
M. Trimmel, M. Meixner-Pendleton, S. Haring
Human Factors, 45(4), 615-621, 2003.

• Week 10 (Oct 24, 26 and 28): Aesthetics

Required:
• SP: Chapter 12
Recommended:
• Paper:

Evaluating the layout of graphical user interface screens: Validation of a numerical computerized model
A. Parush, R. Nadir and A. Shtub
Intl Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 10(4), 343-360, 1998.

• Paper:

The impact of visual layout factors on performance in web pages: A cross-language study
A. Parush, Y. Shwarts, A. Shtub, and M. Chandra
Human Factors, 47(1), 141-157, 2005.

• Paper:

Visual coherence and usability: A cohesion metric for assessing the quality of dialogue and screen designs
L. Constantine
6th Austrialian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OZCHI'96), 115-121, 1996.

• Week 11 (Oct 31, Nov 2 and 4): Help and documentation

Required:
• SP: Chapter 13
• Online resources:
• Java theory and practice: I have to document that?
  Brian Goetz
  http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp0821.html
• How to write doc comments for the javadoc tool
  Sun Developer Network
  http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/
• IBMs Java documentation enhancer
  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/docenhancer
• Developing and delivering better documentation with the JavaHelp system
  Qusay H. Mahmoud
  http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/javahelp/index.html
• Writing documentation using docBook
  David Rugge, Mark Galassi and Eric Bischoff
  http://opensource.bureau-cornavin.com/crash-course/
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• Week 12 ((Nov 7, 9 and 11): Web interfaces

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• Week 13 (Nov 14, 16 and 18): Web interfaces (continued)

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• Week 14 (Nov 21 and 23): Information visualization and searching

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• SP: Chapter 14
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• Week 15 (Nov 28 and 30, Dec 2): Review