Anchored Customization: Anchoring Settings to the Application Interface to Afford Customization
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Proposal anchors app settings to their related UI elements and ships a JavaScript Customization Layer prototype on top of Wunderlist that shows which controls are adjustable, offers three variants (Minimal, Minimal plus Context, Full plus Highlight), and uses ghost anchors for hidden elements. A review of 400 settings finds 50% directly and 32% indirectly anchorable (84% total). Two studies (48 MTurk + 12 lab, 60 total) show the minimalist variants are about 35% faster than a traditional settings panel.
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