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UI Delegation: The 3rd Dimension for Cross-Platform User Interfaces

Authors:
Dagmawi Lemma Gobena
Abel Gomes
Dejene Ejigu

Keywords: cross-platform UI; multi-platform UI; user interface design; ubiquitous computing.

Abstract:
Two of the prominent dimensions behind the development of cross-platform UIs are the UI distribution and UI migration. In UI distribution, since UI elements of a given application has to be distributed across more than one device, some UI elements can be even duplicated. In UI migration, the description and construction of UI elements are centralized using a client-server model of computing over a computer network. Thus, we end up having limitations with respect to scalability and maintainability of the computing environment. Also, UI distribution and migration mostly support explicit HCI for interactive systems. However, in ubiquitous computing, implicit HCI is the most desired interaction approach. In this paper, we present the theoretical concept of UI delegation as the third dimension that ideally supports implicit HCI and trans-modality by assuring autonomy of the platforms using a peer-to-peer model.

Pages: 1 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: February 22, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-382-7

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from February 22, 2015 to February 27, 2015