When 'one fits all' does not fit - Study of visualization types for mobile help systems

Kathrin Jepsen, Gregor Glass, Roman Englert

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Abstract

An open question today is how the visualization of a mobile assistance interface should look like, e.g. if it should disappear automatically after some seconds or a user interaction is required. In this paper a survey is conducted that has the goal to gather practice-oriented interaction design guidelines to support design decisions of mobile help visualizations. The survey is based on four different visualization strategies in order to find the most appropriate. Five usage scenarios from the field of mobile messaging were selected. The study shows the first time that users have a concept of criticality for usage problems and that 'one fits all' solutions fail for (huge) user groups.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPeople and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009
PublisherBritish Computer Society
Pages398-404
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781906124878
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2009
Event23rd Annual Conference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2009 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 Sep 20095 Sep 2009

Publication series

NamePeople and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Conference

Conference23rd Annual Conference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period1/09/095/09/09

Keywords

  • Help systems
  • Information visualization
  • Mobile device
  • Online survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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