Automatic critiques of interface modes

  • Authors:
  • Jeremy Gow;Harold Thimbleby;Paul Cairns

  • Affiliations:
  • UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), University College London, London, United Kingdom;Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom;UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), University College London, London, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • DSVIS'05 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Interactive Systems: design, specification, and verification
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We introduce a formal model of inconsistency-related mode confusion. This forms the basis of a heuristic methodology for critiquing user interfaces, using a matrix algebra approach to interface specification [12]. We also present a novel algorithm for automatically identifying modes in state-based interface designs, allowing a significant level of automated tool support for our methodology. The present paper generalises our previous work on improving state-based interface designs [5].