Reification, polymorphism and reuse: three principles for designing visual interfaces
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This paper presents three design principles to support the development of large-scale applications and take advantage of recent research in new interaction techniques: Reification turns concepts into first class objects, polymorphism permits commands to be applied to objects of different types, and reuse makes both user input and system output accessible for later use. We show that the power of these principles lies in their combination. Reification creates new objects that can be acted upon by a small set of polymorphic commands, creating more opportunities for reuse. The result is a simpler yet more powerful interface.
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The framework proposes reifying generation components so users can compose configurations by interacting with persistent, multiplicable, and composable objects.
“our framework proposes how interfaces can reify [8] the generation components so end-users can compose confgurations by interacting with persistent, multiplicable, and composable objects.”
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- Authors
- Beaudouin-Lafon, M., & Mackay, W. E.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2000-05
- Pages
- 102-109
- OpenAlex
- W2031482152
- Cited by
- 145
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 3.78
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Spanish Clinical Research Network
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Keywords
- reification, polymorphism, software reuse, interaction techniques, interface design principles
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