UI Delegation: The 3rd Dimension for Cross-Platform User Interfaces
This paper presents the theoretical concept of UI delegation as the third dimension that ideally supports implicit HCI and trans-modality by assuring autonomy of the platforms using a peer-to-peer model.
Abstract
Two of the prominent dimensions behind the development of cross-platform UIs are the UI distribution and UI migration. In UI distribution, since UI elements of a given application has to be distributed across more than one device, some UI elements can be even duplicated. In UI migration, the description and construction of UI elements are centralized using a client-server model of computing over a computer network. Thus, we end up having limitations with respect to scalability and maintainability of the computing environment. Also, UI distribution and migration mostly support explicit HCI for interactive systems. However, in ubiquitous computing, implicit HCI is the most desired interaction approach. In this paper, we present the theoretical concept of UI delegation as the third dimension that ideally supports implicit HCI and trans-modality by assuring autonomy of the platforms using a peer-to-peer model.