Proceedings of the Third Australasian conference on User interfaces - Volume 7
Venue: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 20 (2002)

This is the third conference in the Australasian User Interface Conference series. User interfaces have become a crucial part of any software system with a large amount of the development effort of systems now devoted to user interface matters. A very wide variety of user interface approaches are now possible, including web-based interfaces, mobile interfaces, 3D interfaces, immersive interfaces and collaborative interfaces. Issues relating to designing, building and evaluating user interfaces is the focus of this conference series.The range of accepted papers appearing in these proceedings demonstrates both the variety of user interface-related research being conducted in Australasia and the very high quality of the work being undertaken. The paper by Marshall, Biddle and Tempero describes user interface issues when developing testing and reuse software, and crucial role a good user interface design plays. Rees describes the evolution of web browsers into providing a ubiquitous user interface medium for user interface construction. Butts and Cockburn present work evaluating the (in)adequacy of mobile phone input methods. Grundy, Wang and Hosking describe the development of groupware using multiple devices (HTML and WAP browsers and mobile devices). The paper by Plimmer and Applerley describes how sketching user interface designs can aid early design work. Phillips and Kemp describe work extending the Unified Modelling Language to better cater for user interface design. Lindsay and Connelly present work relating to the useability of interfaces for air traffic control systems. Noble and Biddle describe some experiences relating to program visualisation issues of visual programming systems. Piekarski and Thomas' paper presents work relating to the provision of mobile, augmented reality user interface technology. Related work by Slay, Thomas and Vernik focuses on interaction in augmented reality systems.We hope you enjoy the work described in these proceedings and it helps you to further your own understanding, research and practice of user interfaces.The Computer Science Association (CSA) welcomes all delegates to ACSW2002 at Monash University in Melbourne. CSA is proud of the continuing success of ACSW, the Australasian Computer Science Week. The week is the premier annum event in Australia and New Zealand to promote IT fundamentals. We believe strongly that IT research, as typified by the research presented at the conference, is essential for the future of our region. Government unfortunately often conflates IT fundamentals with IT skills. We should be constantly reminding Government and industry about the difference between IT fundamentals and IT skills.In the coming years, CSA is looking to increase its links with professional organisations worldwide. We are pleased that the Australian Computer Society is publishing this year's proceedings. We are looking to have the publications included in the ACM Digital Library. We look forward to a good future for IT research in Australia and New Zealand.