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Wireframe Mockups to ConcurTaskTrees

Authors:
Miroslav Sili
Christopher Mayer
Daniel Pahr

Keywords: Wireframe; Mockup; Sketches; User Interface Design; WYSIWYG; ConcurTaskTrees; CTT; UI Model; Adaptivity; Transformation; XSLT

Abstract:
Nowadays, we use a variety of devices to interact with local and cloud-based systems and services and are used to aesthetic and tailored user interfaces. This fact induces challenges for user interface designers regarding additional efforts for the development of multiple user interfaces for (all) available devices. Model-based user interface design tackles this challenge by creating abstract models for a transformation to various devices, but with the disadvantage of additional efforts for using and learning these techniques. Thus, we propose a transformation process deriving an abstract model on the basis of an integrated mockup and wireframe design tool. This allows combining the advantages of model-based user interface design with the world of the classical user interface design process. The engine transfers sketches to an abstract task model in ConcurTaskTrees notation. The model is the input for a separate model interpretation layer generating concrete user interfaces for various device types. The prototype delivers promising results and future research has to focus on extending its applicability by addressing structural constraints and limitations.

Pages: 120 to 125

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: October 9, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-505-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 9, 2016 to October 13, 2016