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Research Goals for Evolving the ‘Form’ User Interface Metaphor towards More Interactivity

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Forms have been static, document-like user interfaces (UIs) for centuries. This work proposes to evolve the ‘form’ UI metaphor towards more interactivity. Related work has proposed interactive form elements such as autocompleting or otherwise assistive input fields. But a unified concept and scientific reflection on the topic are missing. Methodologically, this work first provides a deeper understanding of forms as UI metaphor. It then presents relevant research goals for improved usability, including collaborative form filling, easier navigation in long forms, and combined input fields for comfortable data entry. Taken together, the contributions of this work are to provide a deeper understanding of forms, systematically highlight relevant research topics, and hopefully foster a scientific discussion in form design.

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  1. INSO Research Group, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria

    Johannes Harms

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  1. Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI), Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, 8036, Graz, Austria

    Andreas Holzinger

  2. Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Theaterplatz 14, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    Martina Ziefle

  3. Institute of Informatics Systems, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Universitätsstrasse 65-67, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Martin Hitz

  4. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Matjaž Debevc

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Harms, J. (2013). Research Goals for Evolving the ‘Form’ User Interface Metaphor towards More Interactivity. In: Holzinger, A., Ziefle, M., Hitz, M., Debevc, M. (eds) Human Factors in Computing and Informatics. SouthCHI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7946. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_60

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