Socially-Adaptable Interfaces: Crowdsourcing Customizations Michael Bass

My Hero Frank Shipman

Traditional Interface Organized by developers/ designers Applications are loaded with functionality Often organized by similar functionality Users often cannot find functionality

Adaptable Interface Users create interfaces for an application Users can group functionality the way they desire Users can hide functionality that is unneeded These custom designed interfaces are referred to as task sets

Crowdsourcing Users can share their task sets online Other users can search for and download task sets Wiki pages for task sets Productivity is improved Everyone is happy

Adjustable GIMP GIMP is a free photo editing program Adjustable GIMP allows users to create and share task sets Users can set up GIMP for the tools they need

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