Applying model-based techniques to the development of UIs for mobile computers

Eisenstein, Jacob; Vanderdonckt, Jean; Puerta, Ángel R.

doi:10.1145/359784.360122

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“…The work of Eisenstein et al [18] is in line with ours concerning the importance of high-level UI models for multi-device user interfaces but relies more on designer assistance than our approach to automatically generating the UI prototype.…”

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confidence: 68%

UI Prototyping for Multiple Devices Through Specifying Interaction Design

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Popp

Rock

et al. 2007

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. While user interface (UI) prototyping is generally considered useful, it may often be too expensive and time-consuming. This problem becomes even more severe through the ubiquitous use of a variety of devices such as PCs, mobile phones and PDAs, since each of these devices has its own specifics that require a special user interface.Instead of developing UI prototypes directly, we propose specifying one interaction design from which UIs can be automatically generated for multiple devices. Our implemented approach uses communicative acts, which derive from speech act theory and carry desired intentions in interactions. Models of communicative acts, UI domain objects and interaction sequences comprise interaction design specifications in our approach and are based on a metamodel that we have defined. We support the development of such models through an IDE, which is coupled with the UI generator. This allows a new form of UI prototyping, where the effects of each model change can be seen immediately in the automatically generated UIs for every device at once.

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Section: Related Worksupporting

confidence: 68%

UI Prototyping for Multiple Devices Through Specifying Interaction Design

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Popp

Rock

et al. 2007

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…It also includes a service concept with patterns for on the fly aggregation of services. CARUSO related research is being conducted in the projects AMIGO [21], TEAHA [22], DynAMITE [23] and Pebbles [24]. This paper introduced an adaptive architecture for an integrated network in a home-and building environment.…”

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An adaptive network architecture for home- and building environments

Kistler

Knauth

Klapproth

2008

2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation

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Fieldbus networks have significantly improved flexibility and management in classic building automation domains. However, the costs of such installations are still greatly affected by the commissioning efforts needed to bring them up and running. The dedicated cabling, initial engineering efforts and sophisticated binding and configuration tools often prevent home owners from investing in such networks. On the other side, many electronic devices from other domains have found their way into home-and building environments. And with IT equipment TCP/IP connectivity and "zero config" protocols were introduced. There is the vision of an intelligent home/building with one integrated network in which all devices work together seamlessly. It may positively influence factors such as energy efficiency, usability, flexibility, security and comfort. This paper proposes an Internet protocol based architecture thought to build up such a network. The result is a distributed, scalable hard-and software infrastructure that adapts to the context of use and comes up with goal-centric services provided by the numerous underlying devices. It allows standard mobile clients to act as remote controls with dynamic user interfaces generated on the fly. This text explores the different building blocks that make up the architecture and presents results derived from a first prototype.

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“…Abstract interface models [6,[8][9][10][11][12] are problematic when abstraction is such that there is no convenient implementation of the low-level interaction objects on a particular platform. A model must be defined to either restrict the set of objects to ones that are common across all platforms, or provide a wider set of objects to cover the variation in platform.…”

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Using Interaction Style to Match the Ubiquitous User Interface to the Device-to-Hand

Gilroy

Harrison

2005

Engineering Human Computer Interaction and Interactive Systems

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Abstract. Ubiquitous computing requires a multitude of devices to have access to the same services. Abstract specifications of user interfaces are designed to separate the definition of a user interface from that of the underlying service This paper proposes the incorporation of interaction style into this type of specification. By selecting an appropriate interaction style, an interface can be better matched to the device being used. Specifications that are based upon three different styles have been developed, together with a prototype StyleBased Interaction System (SIS) that utilises these specifications to provide concrete user interfaces for a device. An example weather query service is described, including specifications of user interfaces for this service that use the three different styles as well as example concrete user interfaces that SIS can produce. IntroductionThe increasing availability of personalized and ubiquitous technologies leads to the possibility that whatever the device-to-hand is, it becomes the way to access services and systems. Therefore, interfaces to services must be designed for a variety of different types of device from desktop systems to handheld or otherwise portable devices. Different styles of interaction often suit different devices most effectively. While the appearance of ubiquitous devices has brought forth a proliferation of innovative interactive techniques, the broad categories and aspects of style as, for example, identified by Newman and Lamming [1] can still be applied. While a keymodal interface may be appropriate for a mobile telephone, with its limited screen and restricted keypad, a direct manipulation (DM) interface may be appropriate for a device based around touch / pen interactive techniques, such as current models of palmtop or tablet PCs. Typically in such situations a different low-level interface will have to be designed separately for each device. It is possible that several interaction styles may have to be supported for different users or parts of the system on the same device. As new technologies evolve to meet the demands of ubiquitous computing additional styles will emerge. Style-specific design considerations normally take the form of guidelines, heuristics or ad-hoc rationalizations by designers [2]. Designs to support many devices may be facilitated by incorporating interaction style explicitly into an implementation. In this paper we demonstrate that incorporating style-level descriptions into a model of a user interface can give more flexibility than forcing a single user interface model on a heterogeneous selection of devices. This paper is concerned with an approach in which interaction with a service is bound to the features of the platform through a mediating style description. The aim is to support an interface that is appropriate given the technological constraints or opportunities afforded by the platform. In section 2 the approach to the style-based interaction system is contrasted with other approaches to platform independent service...

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Applying model-based techniques to the development of UIs for mobile computers

Cited by 173 publications

References 17 publications

UI Prototyping for Multiple Devices Through Specifying Interaction Design

UI Prototyping for Multiple Devices Through Specifying Interaction Design

An adaptive network architecture for home- and building environments

Using Interaction Style to Match the Ubiquitous User Interface to the Device-to-Hand

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