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ABSTRACT

Programming highly interactive user interfaces remains a complex task with the available software tools. Interviews and observation of 50 design or production teams of industrial products shows the importance of group production between graphics designers, programmers, usability experts and the lead designer. Tools must allow each of them to efficiently produce their part. That imposes new constraints on the architecture of interactive software. We present the solutions used our development suite, Intui-Kit, designed to bridge the gap between interface design and software engineering. We illustrate it on a concrete product development.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.6 Programming Environments
          Subjects: Interactive environments

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: User interfaces

  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)

General Terms:
Design