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User interface models for the cloud

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UIST '10: Adjunct proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 359 - 362

https://doi.org/10.1145/1866218.1866223

Published: 03 October 2010 Publication History

Abstract

The current desktop metaphor is unsuitable for the coming age of cloud-based applications. The desktop was developed in an era that was focused on local resources, and consequently its gestures, semantics, and security model reflect heavy reliance on hierarchy and physical locations. This paper proposes a new user interface model that accounts for cloud applications, incorporating representations of people and new gestures for sharing and access, while minimizing the prominence of location. The model's key feature is a lightweight mechanism to group objects for resource organization, sharing, and access control, towards the goal of providing simple semantics for a wide range of tasks, while also achieving security through greater usability.

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https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030332
Martins-Baltar LLaurillau YCalvary GMollard RPoirier FVanderhaegen F(2012)IHM perlées pour le Cloud ComputingProceedings of the 2012 Conference on Ergonomie et Interaction homme-machine10.1145/2652574.2653415(89-96)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2652574.2653415
Apostol EGorunescu ACristea V(2012)Advanced Service Management and Visualization for Multiple-Cloud EnvironmentsProceedings of the 2012 Third International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies10.1109/EIDWT.2012.60(326-329)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/EIDWT.2012.60

Index Terms

User interface models for the cloud
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces

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UIST '10: Adjunct proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

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126 pages

ISBN:9781450304627

DOI:10.1145/1866218

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Ren LCui JLi NWu QMa CTeng DZhang L(2015)Cloud-Based Intelligent User Interface for Cloud Manufacturing: Model, Technology, and ApplicationJournal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering10.1115/1.4030332137:4Online publication date: 1-Aug-2015
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030332
Martins-Baltar LLaurillau YCalvary GMollard RPoirier FVanderhaegen F(2012)IHM perlées pour le Cloud ComputingProceedings of the 2012 Conference on Ergonomie et Interaction homme-machine10.1145/2652574.2653415(89-96)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2652574.2653415
Apostol EGorunescu ACristea V(2012)Advanced Service Management and Visualization for Multiple-Cloud EnvironmentsProceedings of the 2012 Third International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies10.1109/EIDWT.2012.60(326-329)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/EIDWT.2012.60

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