Low-level Aspects Research Articles

Guidelines for ‘manipulative’ text editing

Abstract The term ‘manipulative’ text editing is introduced to describe the low level aspect of text input/editing user interfaces, where editing commands are almost entirely manipulative rather than symbolic, primarily for editing at a word and character level. Manipulative editing covers the use of function keys such as ‘rubout’, cursor motion and various methods for inserting text. A variety of methods commonly used for manipulative editing are critically reviewed in order to gather together a number of relevant guidelines. This paper proposes the basis for an effective standard which encourages the ready acquisition of skill.

An Investigation of Human Factors in Software Development

The effects of human factors on high-level software properties–too intangible to quantify directly–can be inferred from the collective behavior of related low-level aspects.