Table of Contents: Design Briefings

Interfaces for Children

Designing the Pen Pal: Blending Hardware and Software in a User Interface for Children

Phillipe Piernot, Ramon Felciano, Roby Stancel, Jonathan Marsh, Marc Yvon, Stanford University

Amazing Animation�: Movie Making for Kids

Shannon Halgren, Tony Fernandes, Deanna Thomas, Claris Corporation

Redesigning Existing Products

Drag Me, Drop Me, Treat Me Like an Object

Annette Wagner, Patrick Curran, Robert O'Brien, SunSoft, Inc.

The Effects of Practical Business Constraints on User Interface Design

Debra Hershmann, Sigma Imaging Systems

Managing Complex Data

Replacing a Networking Interface "From Hell"

Roxanne F. Bradley, Linn D. Johnk, Hewlett-Packard Company

User-Centered Development of a Large-Scale Complex Networked Virtual Environment

Thomas W. Mastaglio, Loral Federal Systems; Jeanine Williamson, Dynamics Research Corporation

Interfaces for Communication

Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Gloom of Night: Adventures in Electronic Mail

Maria Capucciati, Patrick Curran, Kimberly Donner O'Brien, Annette Wagner, SunSoft, Inc.

The Interchange� Online Network: Simplifying Information Access

Ron Perkins, Interchange Network Company

Designing with Metaphors

Articulating a Metaphor through User-Centered Design

Hector J. Moll-Carrillo, Gitta Salomon, Matthew Marsh, Jane Fulton Suri, Peter Spreenberg, IDEO Product Development

Designing a "Front Panel" for Unix: The Evolution of a Metaphor

Jay Lundell, Steve Anderson, Hewlett Packard