Why looking isn't always seeing
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 38 (6), 33-44
- https://doi.org/10.1145/203241.203251
Abstract
Many believe that visual programming techniques are quite close to developers. This article reports on some fascinating research focusing on understanding how textual and visual representations for software differ in effectiveness. Among other things, it is determined that the differences lie not so much in the textual-visual distinction as in the degree to which specific representations support the conventions experts expect.Keywords
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