TITLE:
User-Driven Applications—New Paradigm for Interface Design
AUTHORS:
Sergey Andreyev
KEYWORDS:
Human-Computer Interaction
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications,
Vol.6 No.8,
July
26,
2013
ABSTRACT: 40 years ago the outcome of computer
programs was in the form of long listings covered by numbers; even the format
of those numbers was determined by developers. Throughout the latest 30 years program
views and results are shown in a wide variety of shapes and variants, but all
these possibilities are predefined and fixed in code by developers; nothing
outside of their approved solutions is allowed. My vision from now on into the
future: developers are responsible only for correct work of a program
(calculations, link with the database, etc.) and suggest a good default
interface but not determine all possible scenarios; only users decide WHAT,
WHEN, and HOW to show. This will be a revolution in our interaction with
computers, but there are obvious questions. How this step can be made? Do all
users need such change? Is it going to be a burden for users or a welcome
revolution?