> Yes indeed, the cognitive dimensions framework is supposed to be applicable to
> _all_ information tools. Including UML, for example.
>
> Chris Douce points out that the surrounding context and culture matter too, and
> others have made similar points in various ways (including some of Ruven
> Brooks's points about Java). I agree very strongly and regret that at present
> researchers have so little to offer. However, HCI as a whole is getting
> interested in this problem, and maybe somebody can see how to import and
> specialise some of their contextual work into the programming/software design
> domain.
>
> Any offers? If anyone's doing that, please tell us! (Bonnie Nardi, are you
> lurking out there?)
I'm conducting some experiments on software reuse in Java, where I
compare different tools and techniques within an environment I
created, and I use some of the principles of the Cog Dim for the
analysis. What appears is that many of the problems/issues stem from
the kind of language (O.O.), the tools, and the environment, rather
than the language itself.
Fabrice
PS: no plug or ref. *yet*
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