1. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Manipulating Multiple User Interface Representations Simultaneously Alexandre Demeure, Gaëlle Calvary, Joëlle Coutaz, Jean Vanderdonckt University of Grenoble, France

2. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Plasticity of UIs Ability of a UI to adapt to its context of use while preserving usability

3. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Plasticity of UIs Ability of a UI to adapt to its context of use while preserving usability –Context of use:

4. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Plasticity of UIs Ability of a UI to adapt to its context of use while preserving usability –Context of use: –Adapt: Remolding and/or Redistribution

5. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Plasticity of UIs Ability of a UI to adapt to its context of use while preserving usability –Context of use: –Adapt: Remolding and/or Redistribution

6. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Plasticity of UIs Ability of a UI to adapt to its context of use while preserving usability –Context of use: –Adapt: Remolding and/or Redistribution

7. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs

8. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The problem Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet: Interactor for plasticity

9. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet

10. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet

11. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet

12. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet

13. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Requirements: tools for designing, executing and evaluating plastic UIs Comet

14. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Demonstration on a Home Heating Control System (HHCS) –Polymorphism of comets –Two kinds of comets: tasks and tasks operators –Inspector for observing and manipulating the comets Substitute Add

15. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Internal representation

16. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Conceptual representation Internal representation

17. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Conceptual representation Operations Internal representation

18. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Internal representation Conceptual representation Operations External representation

19. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector

20. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania The Comets Inspector Five principles 1.All representations are available simultaneously 2.All representations are manipulable at run-time 3.All representations are coordinated in a consistent way 4.Each representation is manipulable via a dedicated ‘mini-UI’ 5.Each ‘mini-UI’ is autonomous … that had never been satisfied simultaneously in the past

21. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania Perspectives Conceptual representation –Net of models: FUI, CUI, AUI, Tasks & Concepts –Each model/mapping is observable and manipulable E.g. Substitute, add, remove a task –Actually: FUI and CUI –Demonstration I am supporting the task « Select a month »

22. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania Perspectives Mini-UIs … for whom? –Actually: Designer & Developer Rapid prototyping tool Toolkit of comets –In the future: End-user Customize the UIs and/or their adaptation End-User programming

23. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania In summary Plasticity

24. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania In summary Plasticity Design time

25. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania In summary Plasticity MDE for HCI Design timeRun time

26. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania In summary Plasticity MDE for HCI Models Metamodels Transformations

27. © UJF, CADUI 2006, June 6, Bucharest, Romania In summary Plasticity MDE for HCI Models Metamodels Transformations Design Execution Evaluation