Patterns as Tools for User Interface Design

Welie, Martijn van; Veer, Gerrit C. van der; Eliëns, Anton

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“…The usability patterns served as a reference and guided them to achieve the usability goal. The usability patterns were adopted from 19 user-perspective patterns of interaction patterns from [6], 21 architectural usability patterns by [16], and 10 functional usability pattern from [17], are categorized into the 4 common usability goal or usability attributes . Figure 1 shows a partial template screen of a task-pattern mapping for efficiency goal.…”

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“…Previous works in [5,6] explored the use of guidelines and patterns as an aid to teach design. The result from [5] has shown the use of design patterns displayed a greater impact on the novice designer's performance than guidelines.…”

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“…Subsequently, further research works have been explored on how knowledge and experience were used among experienced and novice designers such as in [2,3] and [4]. Reference [4] suggested that design strategies, knowledge, and information should be included in developing support methods for novice designers as a guide to them.Previous works in [5,6] explored the use of guidelines and patterns as an aid to teach design. The result from [5] has shown the use of design patterns displayed a greater impact on the novice designer's performance than guidelines.…”

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A Systematic Design towards Usability for Novice Designers

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Jaafar²

2016

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IntroductionExperienced designers rely on the available design guidelines, past design experiences, templates and problem-solution sets from previous experiences. This concurs to the study claimed that practitioners were depended on their intuition and experiences gained [1]. Thus, novice designers would find difficulties in designing intuitively if experience and knowledge are not sufficiently gained. Subsequently, further research works have been explored on how knowledge and experience were used among experienced and novice designers such as in [2,3] and [4]. Reference [4] suggested that design strategies, knowledge, and information should be included in developing support methods for novice designers as a guide to them.Previous works in [5,6] explored the use of guidelines and patterns as an aid to teach design. The result from [5] has shown the use of design patterns displayed a greater impact on the novice designer's performance than guidelines. We considered all design related knowledge and information such as design decision and design pattern in the proposed method that leading to the development of the tool.This research aims to understand how the proposed assistance tool and method drive the novice designers in designing a usable system, and thereby contribute towards developing a reliable tool and method for them in making design decision, particularly in determining usability goals and patterns, and selecting the best prototype. This paper was extended from [7] which included 2 experiments conducted following the proposed approach. The proposed tool was adopting the application of AHP technique in prioritizing the common usability goals and prototypes. AHP, a multi-criteria technique, has been applied in various disciplines. Recently, in engineering itself, the AHP technique was applied for the purpose of economic efficiency [8] and planning [9]. Relevant to the study, it is also applied in product design such as in [10]. A

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“…[21]. A problem is that such knowledge is either very high-level and general or very specific [23]. For capturing "middle-level" design knowledge, the use of UID patterns is gain- Figure 6.…”

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Using User Interface Models in Design

Trætteberg

2002

Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces III

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We introduce a framework for classifying user interface design representations, and argue that multiple representations are must be used in the design process, and that modelling languages must support the transition between them. We present languages for modelling domain, task and dialog and show how they provide increased support for design, through flexibility and integration. Design patterns based on model fragments from these languages are suggested as a design and engineering tool.Keywords: user interface model, task model, dialog model, design pattern INTRODUCTIONWith the standardization of UML and its emergence as a de-facto industrial standard, modelling of systems and software artefacts seems to be accepted in the engineering community. User interface modelling and model-based user interface design has however, not reached the mainstream software developer [1]. Red Whale's MOBILE [2] cover several models but lack integration with software engineering tools, while database-oriented tools like Genera's Genova [3] have a more narrow focus on concrete interaction object selection and layout. It seems that lack of tool support for going from comprehensive visual model diagrams to executable code may be a reason for this difference. But very few UML diagramming tools provide full codegeneration support, yet developers are using these tools to draw UML diagrams, e.g. for communication purposes. The lack of penetration of model-based user interface design methods may instead be due to pragmatic aspects of UI modelling languages, e.g. they are difficult to understand, inflexible and impractical to use and lack the appropriate integration with each other. Although formality in itself is important, it 1. This work is part of a Dr.ing study funded by The Research Council of Norway.may be that the focus should be language usability rather than theory, if the goal is reaching the mainstream. A uniform user interface modeling language must integrate sub-languages for domain, task and dialog modelling, be unconstraining and flexible, i.e. provide support for expressing design ideas, suggestions and decisions throughout the design process.In this paper we will first introduce a framework for classifying design representation. The framework provides a means for understanding how they are utilized in the design process, which in turn has implications for language design and usage. We then briefly present modelling languages for tasks and dialogs and discuss how our understanding affected their design. We then turn to how design knowledge can be represented in the same languages in the form of model-based user interface design patterns. Finally, we suggest how these modelling languages may be integrated with UML, to provide better integration with contemporary methods. DESIGN PROCESS AND REPRESENTATIONSTo better understand how design representations are used and the role they play, we use a model of organizational knowledge creation as a starting point [4]. According to this theory, there must during product deve...

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“…Examples are give the user the option to cancel an ongoing process [11,12,13,14], to undo a task [15,16], provide the user feedback on what is going on in the system [15,17,18], adapt software functionalities to the user profile [19] or provide clear and marked exits for the application [17]. Such usability recommendations are in line with what Nielsen lately referred to as fast and cheap usability techniques [20], as quick usability actions that help to significantly increase user satisfaction.…”

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Agile User Stories Enriched with Usability

Moreno

Yagüe

2012

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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Abstract. Usability is a critical quality factor. Therefore, like traditional software teams, agile teams have to address usability to properly catch their users experience. There exists an interesting debate in the agile and usability communities about how to achieve this integration. Our aim is to contribute to this debate by discussing the incorporation of particular usability recommendations into user stories, one of the most popular artifacts for communicating agile requirements. In this paper, we explore the implications of usability for both the structure of and the process for defining user stories. We discuss what changes the incorporation of particular usability issues may introduce in a user story. Although our findings require more empirical validation, we think that they are a good starting point for further research on this line.

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Patterns as Tools for User Interface Design

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A Systematic Design towards Usability for Novice Designers

A Systematic Design towards Usability for Novice Designers

Using User Interface Models in Design

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