Eager: Programming Repetitive Tasks by Example

Describes Eager, which detects repeated HyperCard interactions, generalizes them into loops, and previews predicted actions by highlighting interface objects. Users can then ask it to execute the inferred repetitive task.

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Resource type

Research papers

Environment

desktop

Topics

automation, human-in-the-loop, interaction-history

Record publication date

1991

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Resource ID

url:bf0c11018e49dff6aeec

Authors

Allen Cypher

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The annotation was reviewed against retained primary publication sources. Experiments have not been independently reproduced. The 1991 conference paper is kept distinct from the 1991 video and 1993/1995 reprints listed on the author project page. Macintosh/HyperCard is tagged desktop; it is not represented as support for contemporary macOS.

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