Model-based User Interface Design by Example and by Interview

Model-based user interface design is centered around a description of application objects and operations at a level of ion higher than that of code. A good model can be used to support multiple interfaces, help separate interface and application, describe input sequencing in a simple way, check consistency and completeness of the interface, evaluate the interface’s speed-of-use, generate context-specific help and assist in designing the interface. However, designers rarely use computer-supported application modelling today and prefer less formal approaches such as story boards of user interface prototypes. One reason is that available tools often use cryptic languages for the model specification. Another reason is that these tools force the designers to specify the application model before they can start working on the visual interface, which is their main area of expertise. We present the Interactive User Interface Design Environment (Interactive UIDE), a novel framework for concu...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: UIST
• Authors: Martin R. Frank, James D. Foley
• Keywords: Model-based User Interface, Software Engineering, UIST 1993, User Interface, User Interface Design