Software usability evaluation (UE) is a typically neglected phase by software developers. Due to the high costs of properly done formal usability studies, companies easily cut investment, contributing deliberately to the ...

Until recently, computer simulation of interior decoration was reserved to architects and other highly skilled professionals, because existing tools require technical knowledge on computer aided design. During the last ...

This paper presents a project which expands on JavaSketchit [8], which parsed sketches of user interfaces, iden- tifying gestures by using CALI [6], and then used topological relations and relational constraints [4] to ...

Nos últimos anos várias equipas de investigação têm vindo a desenvolver um novo paradigma de interacção entre humanos e computadores, procurando reduzir ou eliminar totalmente a necessidade de manuseamento de dispositivos ...

This article presents an architecture for producing rich digital books. These are books enriched with supporting media, like images and sound, to reach broader audiences and enlarge their usage possibilities. The architecture ...

Os utilizadores de sistemas de pesquisa de imagens na Web expressam as suas necessidades através de interro- gações que descrevem as imagens pretendidas. A análise detalhada destas interrogações e a observação do comportamento ...

This paper presents ScWiz, a framework that provides psychotherapists with means to tailor specific therapies for their patients. Used artifacts can be easily adapted to the patient's problem, to his evolution rhythm, ...

In this communication in the form of poster and demo we intent to present a tool aimed at evaluating and understanding routing algorithms. This application has a powerful environment that allows: to draw graphs and manipulate ...

Virtual and Augmented reality are developing rapidly: there is a multitude of environments and experiments in several laboratories using from simple HMD visualization to more complex and expensive 6-wall projection, CAVEs, ...