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End-user Programming

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A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has been so hard to achieve.

Why end-user programming? Empowered computing In their computing lives, power users often want simple extensibility. For example: adding download capability to Instagram , setting up windows for a live-stream session , generating recipes and shopping lists for a home kitchen inventory , or automatically keeping timestamp-named backups of Illustrator documents. Desktop programs, web apps, and smartphone apps are to various degrees like appliances with a hermetic seal to keep users out of their interior. If there is not already a button for a given function, the only option for users is to petit

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