Plasticity of User Interfaces: A Revised Reference Framework
Gaëlle Calvary, Joëlle Coutaz, David Thévenin, Quentin Limbourg, Nathalie Souchon, Laurent Bouillon, Murielle Florins, Jean M. Vanderdonckt · Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design · 2002
Mobility coupled with the development of a wide variety of access devices has engendered new requirements for HCI such as the ability of user interfaces (UIs) to adapt to different contexts of use. We define a context of use as the set of values of variables that characterize the computational device(s) used for interacting with the system as well as the physical and social environment where the interaction takes place. A UI is plastic if it is able to adapt to context changes while preserving usability. In this paper we present a reference process for the engineering of plastic user interfaces. The process revises a previously published reference framework [3]. The amendment is twofold: first it refines the design time process and secondly extends its coverage to the run time.