HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION ISSUES FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

Providing appropriate support for end-user configuration of component-based software systems is difficult. We discuss some of the key HCI issues we have identified to do with supporting this, and illustrate a variety of end-user configuration support approaches from a Collaborative Information System we have been developing. These range from visual structural composition and event handling specification to detailed parameterisation and semi-automated guidance. Novel approaches for understanding and retrieving components are also presented. We briefly discuss our approach to designing and implementing such component-based systems configuration facilities.

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