Browsing by Author "Apperley, Mark"

• Active templates: Manipulating pointers with pictures 

  Lyons, Paul J.; Apperley, Mark; Bishop, A.G.; Moretti, G.S (1994)

  Active templates are a semi-automatic visual mechanism for generating algorithms for manipulating pointer-based data structures. The programmer creates a picture showing the affected part of a data structure before and ...

  

• Browsing tree structures 

  Apperley, Mark; Spence, Robert; Hodge, Stephen; Chester, Michael (Computer Science, University of Waikato, 1999-05)

  Graphic representations of tree structures are notoriously difficult to create, display, and interpret, particularly when the volume of information they contain, and hence the number of nodes, is large. The problem of ...

  

• Casual mobile screen sharing 

  Suppers, Joris; Apperley, Mark (CRPIT, 2014)

  The concept of casual screen sharing is that multiple users can cast screen images from their personal hand-held devices on to a large shared local screen. It has applications in personal and business domains where documents ...

  

• Computer-aided sketching to capture preliminary design 

  Plimmer, Beryl; Apperley, Mark (IEEE Computer Society Press, 2002)

  This paper describes the vital role of freehand sketching in the design process. When designers first tackle a design problem they usually do so by sketching. We will explore the essential elements of sketching that make ...

• Delivering the Maori-language newspapers on the Internet 

  Apperley, Mark; Keegan, Te Taka Adrian Gregory; Cunningham, Sally Jo; Witten, Ian H. (Auckland University Press, Auckland, New Zealand, 2002)

  Although any collection of historical newspapers provides a particularly rich and valuable record of events and social and political commentary, the content tends to be difficult to access and extremely time-consuming to ...

  

• Readability of conventional applications within immersive virtual environments 

  Grout, Cameron Dane (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  This thesis explores the potential role of virtual reality in allowing users to make full use of the space around them for computing tasks, and the impact such an environment could have when using conventional application ...

  

• A serious game to provide social skills training for people with Asperger's Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism 

  Bahiss, Khadija (The University of Waikato, 2021)

  This thesis presents the development and evaluation of a prototype serious computer game to provide social skill training for young adults and adults with High-Functioning Autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition ...

  

• Exploring usability evaluation of localised software in Malaysia 

  Yeo, Alvin (The University of Waikato, 2002)

  This thesis postulates the theory that software usability evaluation should be adapted to the culture in which it is carried out. An experiment has been conducted to explore the effectiveness of usability assessment tools ...

  

• Grid edge system simulation and evaluation tool (GESSO): Development of a tool for the modelling and design of distributed cooperating microgrids 

  Kelly, Nathan Bryan (The University of Waikato, 2020)

  As advancements are made in the availability of small renewable generation power storage technologies, nations are starting to see a trend towards more distributed power and generation. As times change, changes must also ...

  

• Using shared displays to support group design; A study of the use of informal user interface designs when learning to program 

  Plimmer, Beryl (The University of Waikato, 2004)

  Hand-drawn sketches have traditionally been used to depict design ideas because they are quick to draw and can include as much or little detail as is required to convey the essence of the ideas. Computer tools are now an ...

  

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