Theses

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An analysis of entropy, redundancy and complexity in graphical user interfaces, MBA Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2010)

This thesis introduces a new sequential data analysis technique for graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based...

 

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The importance of text width and white space for online documentation, BAppSc (Hons) thesis, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW (1994)

This study investigates the importance of text width and passive white space on comprehension, speed...

 

Conference publications

Managing your business through effective IT management - secure it or lose it (with D Bruce Armstrong), School of Commerce and Management Papers (2005)
 

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Internet and computer usage: comparisons among metropolitan centres, coastal regional centres and inland regional centres (with D Bruce Armstrong, Don Dingsdag, and Gerard J. Fogarty), Proceedings of Delivering IT and e-business value in networked environments: 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (2003)

In this exploratory paper the authors compare Internet and computer usage data from the Basic...

 

User operations as language elements: measuring usability and user competence through redundancy (with John R. Maltby), CHINZ 03, the Fourth Annual International Conference of the New Zealand Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, 3-4 July (2003)
 

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Layout complexity: does it measure usability? (with John R. Maltby), Human-computer interaction: interact '97, international conference on human-computer interaction, 14-18 July (1997)

This research investigates the validity of the layout complexity metric to GUI screen design. This...

 

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Achieving balance in software engineering curricula (with Bruce Lo and Richard Watson), International Conference Software Engineering: Education and Practice - SEEP'96, January 24-27 (1996)

Achieving balance is an issue that faces all curriculum designers. The complexity of the software...

 

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Investigating layout complexity (with John R. Maltby), Design, specification, and verification of interactive systems '96: proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop, Springer, Wien; New York (1996)

This paper presents work-in-progress in assessing the usefulness of the layout complexity metric in evaluating...

 

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Building usable web pages: an HCI perspective, AusWeb95, innovation and diversity : the World Wide Web in Australia, proceedings of AusWeb95, the first Australian World Wide Web Conference (1995)

New web pages are being added to the World Wide Web at a rapid rate....

 

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Evaluating usability of screen designs with layout complexity (with John R. Maltby), OZCHI 95: Fifth Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (1995)

This paper presents work-in-progress in assessing the usefulness of the layout complexity metric in evaluating...

 

A formal method for evaluating GUI screens (with John R. Maltby), Proceedings of ACIS 94, the 5th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (1994)
 

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Screen complexity and user design preferences in windows applications (with John R. Maltby), OZCHI 94: Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group, November 28 - December 1 (1994)

This paper evaluates the validity of a formal method for assessing the quality of screen...