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iDwidgets: Parameterizing Widgets by User Identity

2005; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/11555261_120

1611-3349

Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Meredith Ringel Morris, Chia Shen, Sam Shipman, Frédéric Vernier,

Usability and User Interface Design

We introduce the concept of identity-differentiating widgets (iDwidgets), widgets parameterized by the identity of their user. Although multi-user applications have become more common, most support only traditional “single-user” widgets. By adding user-identity information we allow interactions with today’s widgets to be dynamically customized on a per-user basis in a group usage setting. The concept has inspired the design of new widgets as well. In this paper we describe example iDwidgets and define a conceptual framework based on what is being customized in the widget. iDwidgets can support novel interaction techniques in collaborative settings.