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Functionality and usability

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Goodwin, Nancy C.·1987·Communications of the ACM

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Instead of limiting functionality, usability complements functionality. It affects how and with what effectiveness a system is used, and even whether or not it is used at all.

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  1. Conrath, D.W. Considerations for the design of office communica- tion-information systems. In Proceedings, Office Automation Con- ference (San Francisco, Calif.. Apr. 5-7). American Federation of Information Processing Societies, San Francisco, Calif., 1982, pp. 825-835.
  2. Foley, J.D., and Van Dam, A. Fundamentals ofInteractive Computer Graphics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1982.

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Authors
Goodwin, N. C.
Affiliations
Mitre (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Goodwin, Nancy C.
Venue
Communications of the ACM
Published
1987-03
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
229-233
ISSN
  • 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7317
OpenAlex
W2007275742
Cited by
277
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Keywords
usability, functionality, human-computer interaction, system design, user effectiveness

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