Pattern Languages in HCI: A Critical Review

Dearden, Andy; Finlay, Janet

doi:10.1207/s15327051hci2101_3

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“…To see the difference between the two presentational styles compare Coplien (1995) and Coplien and Harrison (2005) in which the same material is presented using both forms. A review is given in Dearden and Finlay (2006). Meszaros and Doble (1998) and the Hillside Group (2014a) give a Pattern Language for writing patterns.…”

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Donor patterns: a modular structure for sharing knowledge

Jessop

Parker

Temple

2016

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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Section: Distinguish Threementioning

confidence: 99%

Donor patterns: a modular structure for sharing knowledge

Jessop

Parker

Temple

2016

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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“…Each pattern refers to higher level patterns describing further context and lower level patterns that could be used to refine the solution. This hierarchical organization structures a collection of patterns into a meaningful network and results in what is called a pattern language [7]. The notion of pattern language has also been used to emphasise that patterns should support a "lingua franca" amongst all the parties involved in a design process [9].…”

Section: Design Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In both software engineering and HCI, design patterns are often derived from a reference to existing design solutions and hence are the product of observation, trial and error, and experience [5,7]. In CSCW, finding patterns has also been described as a process that relies on extensive observation of how people use tools in context.…”

Section: Uncovering Design Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Activity Theory as a Tool for Identifying Design Patterns in Cross-Modal Collaborative Interaction

Metatla

Bryan-Kinns

Stockman

et al. 2013

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. This paper examines the question of how to uncover patterns from the process of designing cross-modal collaborative systems. We describe how we use activity patterns as an approach to guide this process and discuss its potential as a practical method for developing design patterns. IntroductionA key challenge in the design of interactive systems is how to leverage existing design knowledge. Design patterns play a role in addressing this challenge by capturing and communicating reusable design knowledge on how to map requirements to design solutions. In the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), design patterns have received increasing attention and sets of patterns have been published for a variety of application domains (e.g. [4,14]). Similarly, a number of studies within the area of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) have addressed the question of how to use design patterns to document successful design knowledge, some of which have generated patterns that can be readily employed to develop practical solutions [2]. We are interested in the design of interactive systems that support collaboration between individuals who use different sets of modalities to interact with each other. Such differences can arise because of permanent sensory impairments or due to the capabilities of the technology used by each collaborator and the context of their interactions with it; we refer to group interactions in these settings as cross-modal collaboration. In this paper, we focus on exploring the process by which design patterns for cross-modal collaboration can be identified. We describe how we used an approach based on activity patterns [10] to uncover design patterns from two phases of a typical design process. First, we exemplify the application of activity patterns by reflecting on the evaluation phase of a cross-modal tool that supports collaboration between visually impaired and sighted coworkers. Second, we outline how activity patterns can be used to capture insights from a participatory design workshop that we conducted with visually impaired audio producers and musicians in order to understand their work process and gather requirements about how to design technology that could contribute towards increasing their inclusion in their workplace.

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“…It has been claimed that design patterns are capable of: 1) Simp lifying the design, implementation and maintenance of co mp lex systems, and 2) Improving the quality of software systems. In the field of Software Engineering (SE) and HumanCo mputer Interaction (HCI), it is widely accepted that a pattern is a structured description of an invariant solution to a recurrent prob lem in a context [14]. Seffah mentioned that a pattern should provide concrete solutions to problems wh ile being abstract enough to be applied to different situations [8].…”

Section: Design Patternsmentioning

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Evaluating Design Patterns of Commercial Web Applications using Net Easy Score

Thimthong¹,

Chintakovid²,

Krootjohn³

2013

IJITCS

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Abstract-Web interface design patterns provide solutions to recurring design problems. Many design patterns use various techniques, which have been proven to be significantly d ifferent, to solve the same design problem. Normally, web designers do not know whether users would be satisfied with their chosen choice until near or at the end of the web development process. To obtain user feedback, users are usually asked to interact with a web prototype or the finished web and give their opinion through standardized questionnaires. Net Pro moter Score is one of such questionnaires. This scale categorizes users' responses into pro moters and detractors, which makes it easier for companies to understand user satisfaction towards their web. To enable the designers to obtain user feedback early in the design stage, Net Easy Score, a new metric based on Net Pro moter Score, was proposed. With Net Easy Score (NES), ease-of-use scores on different design patterns will be divided into a positive and a negative group. The NES is a difference between percentages of positive responses and negative ones. This study examined ease-of-use scores on design patterns for five co mmon tasks in commercial web applications. Results showed that NES and mean easeof-use score were significantly correlated with an r of 0.965 (p < .000). Also, ranking the average ease-of-use scores and NES revealed the same design patterns identified as the best and the worst ones, which was consistent with the easiest-to-use design patterns voted by participants.

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Pattern Languages in HCI: A Critical Review

Cited by 188 publications

References 79 publications

Donor patterns: a modular structure for sharing knowledge

Donor patterns: a modular structure for sharing knowledge

Activity Theory as a Tool for Identifying Design Patterns in Cross-Modal Collaborative Interaction

Evaluating Design Patterns of Commercial Web Applications using Net Easy Score

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