Mobile devices are currently difficult to customize for the usability needs of elderly users. The elderly are instead referred to specially designed “senior phones” or softwar...
The Windows Vista personal firewall provides its diverse users with a basic interface that hides many operational details. However, concealing the impact of network context on th...
Instant messaging allows users to exchange presence and availability information, and to have spontaneous online conversations. We report on a study of account sharing in IM, and ...
In this paper, we introduce K-Menu, a keyword-based dynamic menu interface. When a user enters a keyword, a menu with items related to the keyword is constructed dynamically and p...
In this paper we analyze the problem of “situating explanations” in user assistance systems. We introduce semantic transparency as a user interface property that enables givin...