Rosalie Steier
Pages 1281-1282
Bryan Kocher, Oliver Strimpel
Pages 1283-ff.
Robert L. Ashenhurst
Pages 1284-1288
Don Libes
Pages 1289-1291
Rosalie Steier
Pages 1292-1298
In the 1940s, television and radio combinations like the one on the left were the precursors of today's "entertainment centers ." About 25 years later, black and white television gave way to color. The next leap, high resolution …
Karen A. Frenkel
Pages 1300-1312
The user cube, a precise and comprehensive graphical taxonomy designed to provide a common base for understanding and classifying end users in organizations, can be used to assess the risks associated with end-user computing. …
William W. Cotterman, Kuldeep Kumar
Pages 1313-1320
Identifying variables that predict computer aptitude can help educators and employers target potential students and employees. The authors examine a number of possible explanatory variables including demographic profiles, high …
Gerald E. Evans, Mark G. Simkin
Pages 1322-1327
When a thing is new, people say: "It is not true." Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say: "It is not important." Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say: "Anyway, it is not new."
Adapted from William …
Detmar W. Straub, James C. Wetherbe
Pages 1328-1339
The performance of several Fourth Generation Language (4GL) tools is analyzed empirically and compared with equivalent programs written in the third generation COBOL programming language. A set of performance benchmarks consisting …
Victor M. Matos, Paul J. Jalics
Pages 1340-1351
A single adaptable user interface (AUI) which allows the user to switch between any number of different dialogue modes at any time—even in the middle of a command—can be useful to a variety of users who are neither beginners
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Eliezer Kantorowitz, Oded Sudarsky
Pages 1352-1358