Extended user interface definition for the framework RUNNING

摘要

This paper presents our framework for runtime generated user adapted interfaces and describes an extension to the work we presented in [1]. We call our system RUNNING to emphasize that user interfaces are generated at the runtime of an application. In addition, RUNNING allows to generate adaptable user interfaces in the sense that the resulting interface considers both the capabilities of the user's device as well as the preferences of the user. The generation process itself runs on a server to ensure fast calculation and to make it available for arbitrary client systems. We also present an extension to our Abstract Definition of the Interface, which is called (ADI VAR). With the extension it is possible to change the content of a user interface dynamically. RUNNING is also very comfortable for software developers. It allows them to concentrate on the logic of an interface rather than focusing on the UI components.