Spreadsheets as user interfaces

Alan Dix; Rachel Cowgill; Christina Bashford; Simon Mcveigh; Rupert Ridgewell

doi:10.1145/2909132.2909271

Spreadsheets as user interfaces

Alan Dix, Rachel Cowgill, Christina Bashford, Simon Mcveigh, Rupert Ridgewell

Music

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Abstract

Spreadsheets are ubiquitous, familiar, often overlooked, and embody vast financial and human investment, not least in their user interface. This paper shows how spreadsheets can be used as an integral part of interactive processes, for activities from simple data entry, to more complex grouping and linking of datasets, both as fully functional prototypes and as part of a final system. They reveal artful digital and physical end-user appropriation; exemplify key design principles including 'appropriate intelligence', ensuring 'smart' technology fits the complete human-computer process; and expose further design issues such as the importance of 'exception' sets.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Editors	Paolo Buono, Rosa Lanzilotti, Maristella Matera
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	192-195
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4131-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2909132.2909271
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2016

Keywords

Appropriation
Digital humanities
Musicology
Spreadsheets

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