extended-abstract

On the development of consistent user interfaces (extended abstract)

Authors:

Anthony Anjorin,

Enes Yigitbas,

Hermann Kaindl,

Roman PoppAuthors Info & Claims

Programming '18: Companion Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming

Pages 18 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/3191697.3191716

Published: 09 April 2018 Publication History

Get Access

Abstract

User Interface (UI) development is challenging as modern UIs are expected to be available for a wide-range of diverse and constantly changing contexts including various (mobile) platforms, users, and environments. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) principles have been successfully applied to UI development, resulting in a clear separation into multiple UI models on different levels of abstraction. While this addresses many challenges involved in UI development, it also poses an additional challenge: ensuring that all the different UI models remain consistent during their development and maintenance. In this paper, we argue that this consistency related challenge has not yet been adequately addressed, and identify consistent UI development as a new and promising application domain for existing and future research on bidirectional transformations.

References

[1]

Gaëlle Calvary, Joëlle Coutaz, David Thevenin, Quentin Limbourg, Laurent Bouillon, and Jean Vanderdonckt. 2003. A Unifying Reference Framework for Multi-Target User Interfaces. Interacting with Computers 15, 3 (2003), 289–308.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[2]

James Cheney, Jeremy Gibbons, James McKinna, and Perdita Stevens. 2015. Towards a Principle of Least Surprise for Bidirectional Transformations. In BX 2015 (CEUR), Vol. 1396. CEUR-WS.org, 66–80.

Google Scholar

[3]

Krzysztof Czarnecki, John Nathan Foster, Zhenjiang Hu, Ralf Lämmel, Andy Schürr, and James Terwilliger. 2009. Bidirectional Transformations: A Cross-Discipline Perspective. In ICMT 2009 (LNCS), Vol. 5563. Springer, 260–283.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[4]

Heinrich Hussmann, Gerrit Meixner, and Detlef Zuehlke (Eds.). 2011. Model-Driven Development of Advanced User Interfaces. Springer.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[5]

Dean Kramer, Samia Oussena, Peter Komisarczuk, and Tony Clark. 2013. Using Document-Oriented GUIs in Dynamic Software Product Lines. In GPCE 2013.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[6]

ACM, 85–94.

Google Scholar

[7]

Fernando Orejas, Artur Boronat, Hartmut Ehrig, Frank Hermann, and Hanna Schölzel. 2013. On Propagation-Based Concurrent Model Synchronization. ECEASST 57 (2013).

Google Scholar

[8]

Inés Pederiva, Jean Vanderdonckt, Sergio España, José Ignacio Panach, and Oscar Pastor. 2007. The Beautification Process in Model-Driven Engineering of User Interfaces. In INTERACT 2007 (LNCS), Vol. 4662. Springer, 411–425.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[9]

David Raneburger, Hermann Kaindl, and Roman Popp. 2015. Model Transformation Rules for Customization of Multi-device Graphical User Interfaces. EICS 2015 (2015), 100–109.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[10]

David Raneburger, Hermann Kaindl, and Roman Popp. 2015. Strategies for Automated GUI Tailoring for Multiple Devices. In HICSS 2015. IEEE Computer Society Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 507–516.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[11]

Perdita Stevens. 2017. Bidirectional Transformations in the Large. In MODELS 2017. IEEE Computer Society, 1–11.

Google Scholar

[12]

Jean Vanderdonckt. 2008. Model-Driven Engineering of User Interfaces: Promises, Successes, and Failures. In ROCHI 2008, Vol. 2008.

Google Scholar

Cited By

View all

Mejias JSilega NNoguera MRogozov YLapshin V(2023)Model-Driven User Interface Development: A Systematic MappingHuman-Computer Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-24709-5_9(114-129)Online publication date: 22-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24709-5_9
Burny NVanderdonckt J(2022)(Semi-)Automatic Computation of User Interface ConsistencyCompanion of the 2022 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems10.1145/3531706.3536448(5-13)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1145/3531706.3536448
Biermeier KYigitbas EWeidmann NEngels G(2021)Ensuring User Interface Adaptation Consistency Through Triple Graph GrammarsSense, Feel, Design10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_17(183-192)Online publication date: 30-Aug-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_17

Index Terms

On the development of consistent user interfaces (extended abstract)
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management

Recommendations

A Retrospective on User Interface Development Technology

The authors present a brief survey on the evolution of user interface (UI) development technology, especially over the past two decades, shaped by the desktop, Web, and mobile eras. From the technology mainstream, the authors describe form-oriented, ...
A design-and-play approach to accessible user interface development in Ambient Intelligence environments

User interface development in Ambient Intelligence (AmI) environments is anticipated to be a particularly complex and programming intensive endeavor. Additionally, AmI environments should ensure accessibility and usability of interactive technologies by ...
Structural user preferences of interfaces and time orientation
UI-HCII'07: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Usability and internationalization

Today the user orientation within the development process of user interfaces in production environment is concentrated on tasks. This is realized by focusing on user groups. To enhance the usability of user interfaces, the development process is expanded ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

Programming '18: Companion Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming

April 2018

244 pages

ISBN:9781450355131

DOI:10.1145/3191697

Program Chairs:
Stefan Marr,
Jennifer B. Sartor

Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the Owner/Author.

In-Cooperation

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 09 April 2018

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Extended-abstract

Conference

<Programming> 2018

<Programming> 2018: 2nd International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming 2018

April 9 - 12, 2018

Nice, France

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

3
Total Citations
View Citations
72
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)4
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 21 Nov 2024

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all

Mejias JSilega NNoguera MRogozov YLapshin V(2023)Model-Driven User Interface Development: A Systematic MappingHuman-Computer Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-24709-5_9(114-129)Online publication date: 22-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24709-5_9
Burny NVanderdonckt J(2022)(Semi-)Automatic Computation of User Interface ConsistencyCompanion of the 2022 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems10.1145/3531706.3536448(5-13)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1145/3531706.3536448
Biermeier KYigitbas EWeidmann NEngels G(2021)Ensuring User Interface Adaptation Consistency Through Triple Graph GrammarsSense, Feel, Design10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_17(183-192)Online publication date: 30-Aug-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_17

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Cited By

Index Terms

Recommendations

A Retrospective on User Interface Development Technology

A design-and-play approach to accessible user interface development in Ambient Intelligence environments

Structural user preferences of interfaces and time orientation