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Title: | From icons to interface models: designing hypermedia from the bottom up | Authors: | Waterworth, J.A. Chignell, M.H. Zhai, S.M. |
Issue Date: | Sep-1993 | Citation: | Waterworth, J.A., Chignell, M.H., Zhai, S.M. (1993-09). From icons to interface models: designing hypermedia from the bottom up. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 39 (3) : 453-472. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1006/imms.1993.1068 | Abstract: | We describe a method to derive design models for hypermedia interfaces from the bottom up. Firstly, we compile a list of hypermedia interface features which we classify according to the category of functions they fulfill. We then describe an experiment in which candidate designs for low-level interface features were designed and tested for recognizability. In the experiment, icons for each of 61 hypermedia concepts were generated and then judged. Finally, we outline and illustrate a model induction phase in which low-level features are combined into an overall interface model, via "micro-models" that take account of the types of icons that worked best for each class of interface feature. We suggest that, at least for hypermedia systems, a bottom-up approach to interface design based on the functions of low-level features is preferable to the dominant, top-down approach based around one or more metaphors. © 1993 Academic Press. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | International Journal of Man-Machine Studies | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/111176 | ISSN: | 00207373 | DOI: | 10.1006/imms.1993.1068 |
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