A mobile tool for in-situ prototyping

  • Authors:
  • Marco de Sá;Luís Carriço

  • Affiliations:
  • LaSIGE & University of Lisboa, Campo-Grande, Portugal;LaSIGE & University of Lisboa, Campo-Grande, Portugal

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Mobile interaction design introduces added challenges when compared with the usual design process for fixed technologies. In particular, it benefits greatly from the ability to take the design process out of the lab, creating, designing and evaluating applications within their natural usage context. However, this process requires new and deeply refined approaches to traditional techniques which are demanding and still avoided by designers. This paper presents a tool that overcomes some of these issues by offering means to support in-situ design. The tool supports prototyping of mobile applications and user interfaces on real scenarios, also providing evaluation features that allow the logging and analysis of usage information. We describe the tool's concept, goals and design implications, focusing, in particular, its out-on-the-field, in-situ design and prototyping features.