GVU Technical Report Number:
GIT-GVU-91-22
Title:
A Compositional View of User Interfaces - A Framework for
Fully-Functional User Interface Design Tools
Authors:
Srdjan Kovacevic
Abstract:
A compositional view of user interfaces identifies common user interface
component types and structuring principles for assembling components into
a coherent interface. Both the components and the principles are
reusable across different interfaces. A user interface is represented as
a composition of primitives, where selection of primitives and their
structuring depend on the application for which an interface is built,
and on a desired dialogue style. A model based on the compositional view
can support a wide range of different designs and easy transitions from
one design to another. We describe the model and a tool built on top of
it, and give examples of structures built by the tool, to illustrate how
primitives can be assembled to meet requirements of a specific
application and a dialogue style.
Keywords:
User interface models, user interface tools, user interface design space,
user interface components, design tool functionality
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