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This paper introduces novel approach to logging user activity in software applications that provide accurate high-level information about issued commands, commands parameters and user interaction styles without a need for inferring user activity from logged user interfaces events as it is required on most loggers these days. We also demonstrate the proposed approach on a prototype implementation under the OpenOffice.org suite.
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Dostál, M., Eichler, Z. (2011). A Hybrid Approach to User Activity Instrumentation in Software Applications. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2011 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 173. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22098-2_113
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