End-user GUI customization Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:5054879, abstract = {Constraint-based description of GUI layout is a powerful technique, but having to define constraints manually is not user friendly. We propose a GUI editor for the Auckland Layout Model (ALM) that can handle constraint-based layout in a WYSIWIG manner, making it much easier to create or modify complex layouts. Furthermore, the GUI editor is built into the layout manager that is used during the runtime of a GUI application, making it accessible to the end-user. Users can switch from the operational mode of a GUI into the editing mode, and immediately adjust the GUI to their needs. GUI specifications can be managed in a platform-independent XML-based description language, leading to a document-oriented paradigm for GUIs. The implementation of GUIs currently changes from hard-coded GUIs to document-based approaches such as XAML and XUL. Sadly, this shift is currently performed as a mere reengineering of the development process and driving forces are chiefly productivity and maintainability. Our approach, in contrast, aims at enhancing user options and also platform-independence.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Lutteroth, Christof and Weber, Gerald}, booktitle = {CHINZ '08: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Chapter's International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction}, citeulike-article-id = {5054879}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1496976.1496977}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496976.1496977}, comment = {おもしろかった}, doi = {10.1145/1496976.1496977}, isbn = {978-1-60558-467-6}, keywords = {2008, gui, layout, read}, location = {Wellington, New Zealand}, pages = {1--8}, posted-at = {2009-07-04 13:45:40}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {End-user GUI customization}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496976.1496977}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5054879 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5054879 N2 - Constraint-based description of GUI layout is a powerful technique, but having to define constraints manually is not user friendly. We propose a GUI editor for the Auckland Layout Model (ALM) that can handle constraint-based layout in a WYSIWIG manner, making it much easier to create or modify complex layouts. Furthermore, the GUI editor is built into the layout manager that is used during the runtime of a GUI application, making it accessible to the end-user. Users can switch from the operational mode of a GUI into the editing mode, and immediately adjust the GUI to their needs. GUI specifications can be managed in a platform-independent XML-based description language, leading to a document-oriented paradigm for GUIs. The implementation of GUIs currently changes from hard-coded GUIs to document-based approaches such as XAML and XUL. Sadly, this shift is currently performed as a mere reengineering of the development process and driving forces are chiefly productivity and maintainability. Our approach, in contrast, aims at enhancing user options and also platform-independence. CY - Wellington, New Zealand SN - 978-1-60558-467-6 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 8 TI - End-user GUI customization PB - ACM T2 - CHINZ '08: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Chapter's International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction SP - 1 KW - 2008 KW - gui KW - layout KW - read N1 - おもしろかった AU - Lutteroth, Christof AU - Weber, Gerald PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496976.1496977 ER -