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A tool-based interactive drawing environment

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A tool-based interactive drawing environment
Graphical user interfaces rely heavily on the tool metaphor. In most drawing systems, for example, functions are organized as they might be on a workbench; buttons associated with drawing modes for lines or rectangles are called linedrawing or rectangle-drawing tools; etc. Despite the similarities, however, there remain many differences between software tools and physical tools. This paper gives a concise account of tool use in general, and describes a drawing application, called HabilisDraw, that relies on a detailed correspondence to physical tool behavior. KEYWORDS Metaphors, tool use, interface design
Robert St. Amant, Thomas E. Horton
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Type Conference
Year 2002
Where CHI
Authors Robert St. Amant, Thomas E. Horton
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