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Student HCI Online Research Experiments

During the Spring 2001 semester, 12 student teams conducted empirical studies of user interfaces as their term-length project in Computer Science 434/838: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems taught by Dr. Ben Shneiderman, Director, Human-Computer Interaction Lab. The online reports of these projects include links to previous work and related systems. Project webpages were created by each team, using this template. Student experimental projects are also available from previous years: 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Handheld Devices

A Comparison of Grafitti vs. the On-Screen Keyboard for Experienced Palm Users

Data Input Into Mobile phones: T9 or Keypad?

Which is Faster and More Accurate on a Handheld: Graffiti or Keyboard Tapping?

Web

"In Web We Trust": Establishing Strategic Trust Among Online Customers

Navigation Bars for Hierarchical Web Sites

The Menu Design and Navigational Efficiency of the E-Maryland Portal

Searching for Airline Tickets: A Comparison of Tabular and Graphical Presentations

Layout and Readability

Cross Language Information Retrieval: Layout Strategies for Gloss Translation

The "Degree Navigator" Nightmare: Taming An Overly Graphical User Interface


The Impact of Window Desktop Design on User Performance: Microsoft Windows Explorer vs. ClockWise Win3D

Visualization of Shallow Trees with Nodal Attributes using Fisheye Table, Table Lens, and Treemap

Help Systems

The Effectiveness of Online Help Systems: Text Only, Animated Images Only, and Integrated

 

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