The User Interface Design group studies new user interface techniques, focusing on two areas:
* Usable automation. Our goal is for every computer user to be able to harness the power of automation for handling repetitive, time-wasting, or error-prone tasks, without having to struggle with the complexity of programming.
* Usable security. Effective security depends on good user interfaces. A door may have the strongest lock in the world, but if authorized users can't open and close it easily, and have to leave it open in order to get their jobs done, then it has no security at all. We are studying ways to rethink computer security so that it is not only secure against attack but also usable by ordinary people.
Exploratory visualization based on multiple coordinated views. Improvise has been used to explore election results, particle trajectories, network loads, music collections, the chemical elements, and even the dynamic coordination structure of its own vis
The goal of the DoCASU project is to provide to the Alfresco Community a Custom Alfresco UI:
* with a strong focus on User eXperience (e.g. ease of use, responsiveness)
* which will be less confusing for average end users (99% vs. the 1% power users),
* which will permit a broader acceptance of the solution by a larger group of users
* and being a scalable solution based on the assembly of standard components.
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