Abstract
This paper explores the principle of reflection, which is well-known from the world of programming languages, and its relation to HCI. We define reflection in a wider sense that can be applied to the world of user interfaces, and argue that the new, generalized notion of reflection can benefit the usability of a system significantly. The paper discusses concrete approaches for the design of reflective user interfaces, and shows that the reflection principle is in fact already used in many existing applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC), 2007 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 297-306 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780769527789 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |