CogTool 1.0b18

CogTool is an application to assist in the creation of design mockups and the calculation of predictions of skilled performance time for tasks on those designs. You are free to use this software for any purpose. However, it is provided as-is with no warrantee -- use at your own risk.
Detailed information is provided in the CogTool User Guide. We strongly recommend that you read the guide to get the most out of the CogTool system.
To help you get started quickly with CogTool, we have also provided a Tutorial. This document walks you through an example in detail, but it is not as comprehensive as the CogTool User Guide and it refers to the CogTool User Guide, so you need both.
The installation procedure differs depending on the platform being used for modeling. The software is currently available for the Mac OS X (10.4 or higher, including IntelMacs) and Windows (Windows 98 or higher) platforms. Follow the instructions below for the appropriate platform.
The ability to execute task models integrated with driving is not available in the current version. If your primary interest is models integrated with driving, you may still use the old version, which requires a Mac OS X system (but does not run on Intel Macs).
Enhancements:
- New features in CogTool 1.0b17 include support for some new widgets, faster importing of background images from a folder, improved performance all around, new properties panes, the ability to export storyboard and scripts to various formats, a visualization of what the underlying computational cognitive engine (ACT-R) is doing to produce the human performance predictions, and re-written users guide and tutorial.