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Instrumental interaction: an interaction model for designing post-WIMP user interfaces

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The Hague, The Netherlands

Pages: 446 - 453

Year of Publication: 2000

ISBN:1-58113-216-6

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Michel Beaudouin-Lafon

Dept of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Aabogade 34, DK-8200 Aarhus N - Denmark

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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This article introduces a new interaction model called Instrumental Interaction that extends and generalizes the principles of direct manipulation. It covers existing interaction styles, including traditional WIMP interfaces, as well as new interaction styles such as two-handed input and augmented reality. It defines a design space for new interaction techniques and a set of properties for comparing them. Instrumental Interaction describes graphical user interfaces in terms of domain objects and interaction instruments. Interaction between users and domain objects is mediated by interaction instruments, similar to the tools and instruments we use in the real world to interact with physical objects. The article presents the model, applies it to describe and compare a number of interaction techniques, and shows how it was used to create a new interface for searching and replacing text.

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