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Advanced visual interfaces: the focus is on the user

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2003

TANIA DI MASCIO  and
LAURA TARANTINO
TANIA DI MASCIO
Affiliation:
Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]
LAURA TARANTINO
Affiliation:
Dip. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The current trend in the production of information appliances is the human-centred, customer-centred approach, where technology serves human needs invisibly, unobtrusively. The emphasis shifts from the application programs to the users, their tasks and their workplaces, making computation often move off the desktop to become embedded in the world around us. In this scenario the role of the visual interface becomes crucial since, as far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product. In this paper we briefly survey the most recent results in the field of advanced visual interfaces, with focus on users' needs and ways to serve them.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 175 - 181
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Partially supported by the University of l'Aquila under the Representation and Interaction Techniques for Spatial Data project.