PastePost: A Web Interface for Editing Instructions with Captured Images

In this paper, we introduce an effective Web-page construction method especially for instructions and tutorials of GUI based operations. We often obtain knowledge of specific software tools and its usages by Web documents such as blog entry and product sites. Also we sometimes need to create instructional web pages for teaching and distributing particular softwares. The instructional web pages contain several steps of operation with a text and a captured image. Organizing the instructional web page is time-consuming task because the editor need to prepare captured image files and upload them to the server. To relief the burdens, we propose a method of uploading clipboard images to the instructional web pages instantly. The method provides functions of (1) uploading captured images by a shortcut key, (2) instant image editor, and (3) organizing texts and images with wysiwyg manner. We performed an experiment regarding usability, and confirmed that the proposed method improves efficiency and satisfaction of the web organizing tasks. c ⃝ 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of KES International.