User interface programming survey

Abstract

Are you tired of seeing papers start out with a line like "user interfaces are hard to build and take 28% to 75% of the development time" followed by a reference like (Sutton 78)? We are, and anecdotal evidence suggests that the percentage spent on the user interface is rising. Therefore, we are attempting to get more relevant and realistic data about the proportion of code and effort that is devoted to programming user interfaces in end-user applications. If you have experience with this aspect of application programming either in industry or research labs, we would very much appreciate your responses to the questions in this survey. If you have worked on an appropriate system but you do not feel qualified to answer this survey, please pass it along to someone who can answer the questions. Also, if you know someone who we might ask to participate, please send us his or her name and address. We will mail a copy of the resulting report to all who participate, and it will be published in an appropriate forum.