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Toward a definition of user friendliness: A psychological perspective

Borgman, Christine L.

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Title
Toward a definition of user friendliness: A psychological perspective
Author(s)
Borgman, Christine L.
Issue Date
1986
Keyword(s)
  • Library catalogs and users
  • Use and users of systems
  • User interfaces (Computer systems) Design
Abstract
If a system is transparent to the user, it means that the user is looking through the system to the task being accomplished and not focusing on the system itself. A transparent system is one that supports and simplifies a task rather than becoming a task in and of itself. This paper will discuss current research on information systems that has the implicit goal of making systems more user friendly and that is being conducted from a psychological perspective.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (23rd : 1986)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright owned by Copyright 1986 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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1986: What is User Friendly? PRIMARY
23rd Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1986). Edited by F.W. Lancaster.