{"title":"Experimental results do not support some ergonomic standards for computer video terminal design","authors":"C.N Abernethy, K Akagi","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90002-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90002-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There are both formal and informal Ergonomic standards, in place and proposed, which are based on certain assumptions about how people, in fact, do (or should) behave. Recent studies of actual use of the Ergonomic tools and features of office computing equipment reveal serious discrepancies between assumption and fact. It is strongly urged that emerging Ergonomic standards incorporate provisions for amendment and update based on new findings and new technologies in this evolving domain of direct computer use by the general public on a very large scale.</p><p>This article briefly reviews the status of many formal Ergonomic standards. New experimental data is presented contradicting or clarifying the intent of standards about keyboard home row height, palmrest, and viewing distance. Further, a survey of recent literature reveals similar contradictions concerning certain aspects of posture and of visual contrast ratios.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 133-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90002-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82385410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software portability and standards","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90011-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90011-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 218-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90011-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91982748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current issues in programming language standardisation: V","authors":"B.L Meek","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90036-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90036-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper looks at issues in the standardisation in the general field of programming languages as current at October 1983.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 79-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90036-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87726499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Invitation to ADA:","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90045-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90045-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 2","pages":"Page 126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90045-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"96058144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COBOL 74 is portable","authors":"D.L Fisher , P.E Gibson","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90003-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90003-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Earlier work, principally on COBOL 68 compilers, showed that it was impossible to define a useful subset of COBOL that could be conveniently transported across computers from a number of different manufacturers.</p><p>This latest work, carried out with the assistance of a grant from the Leverhulme Trust, indicates a much improved situation between dialects of COBOL 74.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 143-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90003-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91113839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current issues in programming language standardisation: IV","authors":"I.D Hill","doi":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90035-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0167-8051(84)90035-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper looks at issues of standardisation in the general field of programming languages as current at September 1983.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100323,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Standards","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 77-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0167-8051(84)90035-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81466173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}