Long-term variation in user actions
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
- Vol. 28 (2) , 36-38
- https://doi.org/10.1145/226650.226664
Abstract
There has been little research into the study of long term adaptation by users or the extent to which usage is enhanced over a substantial period [1]. However, there is general agreement that some interfaces, such as Unix shells and certain editors, take years to master. In this paper we present evidence that users do indeed change their actions in the long term. Some implications of our findings are discussed.Keywords
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