Squidy: a zoomable design environment for natural user interfaces

We introduce the interaction library Squidy, which eases the design of natural user interfaces by unifying relevant frameworks and toolkits in a common library. Squidy provides a central design environment based on high-level visual data flow programming combined with zoomable user interface concepts. The user interface offers a simple visual language and a collection of ready-to-use devices, filters and interaction techniques. The concept of semantic zooming enables nevertheless access to more advanced functionality on demand. Thus, users are able to adjust the complexity of the user interface to their current need and knowledge. Keywords Natural user interface, design environment, zoomable user interface, multimodal interaction, Squidy ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces ? Graphical user interfaces, Input devices and strategies, Interaction styles, Prototyping; D.2.2 [Software Engineering]: Design Tools and Techniques ? User i...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Harald Reiterer, Roman Rädle, Werner A. König
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Human Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction Group, Natural User Interfaces, Zoomable User Interface