Building Bridges and Interfaces: Developing User-Centered Representation Techniques for Communicating User Interface Designs

计算机的潜力是有限的， 可以通过用户界面访问他们的计算能力。 这 研究从根本上解决了可用性问题， 改进接口开发过程。 它的目的是 新一代的行为导向技术， 表示用户之间交互的细节， 系统. 交互通过用户表示 接口符号（UAN），正在开发用于 不同专业背景的人之间的交流 参与一个特定的开发周期的各个阶段， 接口.将进行实验以评估现有的 UAN，并制定新特性和功能的标准， 符号。 理论分析将基于 认知理论和相关的方法，以其他工作， 人机交互 结果将被纳入 下一代UAN的一组一致要求。 这些要求将成为制定 使用修订后的UAN的工具。 这些工具包括一个编辑器， 用于从UAN生成代码和框架用户文档的工具 任务的描述。

The potential of computers is limited by how effectively users can access their computing power via the user interface. This research attacks the problem of usability by fundamental improvements to the interface development process. It aims at a new generation of behaviorally-oriented techniques for representing the details for the interaction between users and systems. Interactions are represented by means of a User Interface Notation (UAN) which is being developed for communication among persons with various professional backgrounds involved in various phases of the development cycle of a specific interface. Experiments will be performed to evaluate an existing UAN and to develop criteria for new features and capabilities of the notation. A theoretical analyses will be done based on cognitive theory and relating the approach to other work in human-computer interactions. The results will be integrated into a set of coherent requirements for the next generation of a UAN. The requirements will then form the basis for the development of tools which use the revised UAN. The tools include an editor and tools to generate code and skeletal user documentation from a UAN description of task.