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Improving interaction models for generating and managing alternative ideas during early design work

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Brittany N. Smith,

Brian P. BaileyAuthors Info & Claims

GI '10: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2010

Pages 121 - 128

Published: 31 May 2010 Publication History

Abstract

A principle of early design work is to generate and manage multiple ideas, as this fosters creative insight. As computer tools are being increasingly used for early design work, it is critical to understand how their interaction models affect idea management. This paper reports results of a user study comparing how the use of three interaction models -- tab interfaces, layered canvases, and spatial maps -- affects working with multiple ideas. Designers (N=18) created and managed ideas for realistic design tasks using each model. We observed strategies for creating and managing ideas, measured process outcomes and tool interactions, and gained extensive participant feedback. From the results, we derive new lessons that can be broadly applied to improve how interfaces support multiple ideas and implemented the lessons within one model to demonstrate their efficacy.

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Index Terms

Improving interaction models for generating and managing alternative ideas during early design work
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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GI '10: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2010

May 2010

291 pages

ISBN:9781568817125

Program Chairs:
David Mould
School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Canada
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Sylvie Noël
Networked Media Lab, Communications Research Centre Canada

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Canadian Information Processing Society

Canada

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Published: 31 May 2010

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Hossain MZaman L(2022)NCAlt: Alternatives and Difference Visualizations for Behavior Trees in Game Development LearningProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/35495086:CHI PLAY(1-31)Online publication date: 31-Oct-2022
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MacCormick DZaman LDeterding SKhosmood FPirker JApperley T(2019)SuBViSProceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games10.1145/3337722.3337740(1-11)Online publication date: 26-Aug-2019
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