Model-based design of interactive applications
Fabio Paternò · intelligence · 2000
Cover Story C onsequently, we developed our work with the goals of ✱ Investigating how a model-based approach can support the design of hypermedia that can be used by different types of users, and ✱ Applying the criteria identified to the development of a real application that has a wide variety of users.For this purpose we needed a method for supporting the design and implementation of easy-to-use and adaptable hypermedia to overcome the main limitations that can often be found in current approaches:✱ Design completely based on ad hoc solui n t e l l i g e n c e • W i n t e r 2 0 0 0 27 Model-based approaches aim to find declarative models that allow designers and developers to concentrate on relevant aspects of their work without being immediately immersed in details of implementation.Such approaches have developed mainly in academic environments, with limited use in developing real applications.The advent of the World Wide Web has stimulated a diffuse interest in developing and using hypermedia and consequently a strong need for structured frameworks to support design of usable hypermedia (Schneiderman 1997).Often such hypermedia must support access to the same information from different types of users.