Abstract
Visual end-user programming interfaces are becoming increasingly important in the context of smart homes. This paper describes the comparative evaluation of two prototypes following different approaches: form-filling and data-flow programming. We assessed rule completion time, success, user experience and rule recollection as well as suitability to different user-groups. Participants were significantly faster and had a higher overall completion rate using form-filling, but remembered significantly more items when being presented with a data-flow visualization. We therefore recommend approaches that imbibe characteristics of both approaches for end-user programming in a smart home context with untrained users, focusing on a guided process flow, explicit logic and content-categorization.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2017 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing |
| Pages | 165-169 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing - Duration: 11 Oct 2017 → 14 Oct 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing |
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| Period | 11/10/17 → 14/10/17 |
Research Field
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