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Comet: a new generation of widget for supporting user interface plasticity

Authors:

Gaëlle Calvary,

Joëlle Coutaz,

Alexandre DemeureAuthors Info & Claims

IHM '03: Proceedings of the 15th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine

Pages 64 - 71

https://doi.org/10.1145/1063669.1063679

Published: 25 November 2003 Publication History

Abstract

Adaptation of User Interfaces (UI) to context of use is becoming a major issue in HCI. By context of use, we mean the <user, platform, environment> triplet. Plasticity refers to the ability of UIs to withstand variations of context of use while preserving usability. Based on a reference framework that provides designers with a powerful tool for reasoning about plasticity, this paper addresses plasticity at the level of interactors. Comets (COntext sensitive Multi-target widgETS) are a new kind of widget that support adaptation at any level of abstraction: concepts and tasks, abstract, concrete and final UIs. This paper proposes a model as well as run-time software mechanisms that support the design of comets as well as run-time adaptation. Run-time is ruled according to a set of strategies and politics.

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Index Terms

Comet: a new generation of widget for supporting user interface plasticity
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Abstraction, modeling and modularity

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IHM '03: Proceedings of the 15th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine

November 2003

313 pages

ISBN:1581138032

DOI:10.1145/1063669

Conference Chair:
Khaldoun Zreik
GREYC/Modescos, Université de Caen
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LAMIH, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrsis
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ETIC, Université de Metz

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.cosrev.2021.100363
Karchoud RRoose PDalmau Mde Courchelle IDibon P(2015)Kalimucho for smart-∗: One step towards eternal applications2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125455(2426-2432)Online publication date: Mar-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125455
Ben Ammar LMahfoudhi AKacem Y(2013)Towards an MDE-based approach for usability evaluation of plastic user interface2013 International Conference on Computer Applications Technology (ICCAT)10.1109/ICCAT.2013.6522056(1-6)Online publication date: Jan-2013
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCAT.2013.6522056
Bihler PFotsing MKniesel GJoffroy C(2008)Using conditional transformations for semantic user interface adaptationProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services10.1145/1497308.1497441(677-680)Online publication date: 24-Nov-2008
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Demeure ARouillard SBérard FCalvary GNoirhomme-Fraiture M(2004)Requis et pistes pour les futures boîtes à outils d'interaction graphiquesProceedings of the 16th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine10.1145/1148613.1148649(211-214)Online publication date: 30-Aug-2004
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