Reusable interaction styles in consumer electronics

In this paper, we describe a new approach to interaction-style classification and formalization. The novelty of this approach is that it provides a general framework for characterizing reus able interaction styles. An interaction style is defined on the basis of three facets: conceptual operations, interaction structures and interaction techniques. The characteristic features of an interaction style are formally captured in interaction patterns. These patterns are written in a domain-independent way, thereby ensuring that an interaction style can be reused in various application domains. Patterns can be associated with knowledge of the application to derive user-interface (UI) specifications. The derivation of these UI specifications is controlled by guidelines which are based on empirical findings.