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Using while moving: HCI issues in fieldwork environments

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    Martha Elizabeth Crosby

    This is an interesting paper that describes prototype software tools designed by the authors to enhance a mobile computing environment. There are many activities that cannot be accomplished if the user has to be seated at a desk to use a computer. The novel tools described are called a Minimum Attention User Interface (MAUI), so named because it is designed to minimize the attention needed to interact with it. MAUIs are constructed for specific activities; thus, identical data could have different interfaces, depending on the activities. A few sensors and software can generate context-sensitive applications. There are several unique features involved in the design of the software. For example, the interface and functionality of the software is activity based. Unlike most software architecture, the interface and the data model are distinct. One of the reasons I enjoyed this article is that the authors did not just give a description of the MAUI prototypes. Instead, they built these tools to assist ecologists in data collection. As the ecologists gave feedback about the prototype, their suggestions were incorporated and the tool was continually refined. A goal of the researchers was also to minimize the amount of equipment necessary for the task. They discussed how some functions could be automated and combined with existing devices. For example, context awareness such as location could be applied to the device when appropriate. The researchers first need to learn how to generalize a MAUI and then create a context-appropriate interface from components. The value of this investigation is that not much research has been done on activity- based applications. However, the problems of generalization may be more difficult than the authors anticipate. This is a research topic that is extremely important, particularly for designers of multimodal hardware and software interfaces. Online Computing Reviews Service

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