Judul : Sketching Interactive Systems with Sketchify
Penulis : ˇZELJKO OBRENOVIC and JEAN-BERNARD MARTENS,
Eindhoven University of Technology
URL/DOI : Obrenovic, ˇ Z. and Martens,
J.-B. 2011. Sketching interactive systems with sketchify. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum.
Interact. 18, 1, Article 4 (April 2011), 38 pages. DOI =
10.1145/1959022.1959026 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1959022.1959026
Abstrak : Recent discussions in the interaction design community have called
attention to sketching as an omnipresent element of any disciplined activity of
design, and have pointed out that sketching should be extended beyond the
simple creation of a pencil trace on paper. More specifically, the need to deal
with all attributes of a user experience, especially the timing, phrasing, and
feel of the interaction, has been identified. In this article, we propose
extending the concept of sketching with a pencil on paper to the more generic
concept of fluent exploration of interactive materials. We define interactive
materials as any piece of software or hardware that represents or simulates a
part of the interactive user experience, such as input from sensors, output in
the form of sound, video, or image, or interaction with Web services or
specialized programs. We have implemented the proposed concept within
Sketchify, a tool for sketching user interfaces. Sketchify gives designers the
freedom to manipulate interactive materials by combining elements of
traditional freehand sketching with functional extensions and end-user programming
tools, such as spreadsheets and scripting. We have evaluated Sketchify in the
education of interaction designers, identifying both successful aspects and
aspects that need further improvements.
