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We present Supple, a novel toolkit which automatically generates
interfaces for ubiquitous applications. Designers need only specify
declarative models of the interface and desired hardware device and
Supple uses decision-theoretic optimization to automatically generate
a concrete rendering for that device. This paper provides an overview
of our system and describes key extensions that barred
the previous version from practical
application. Specifically, we describe a functional modeling language
capable of representing complex applications. We propose a new
adaptation strategy, split interfaces, which speeds access to common
interface features without disorienting the user. We present a
customization facility that allows designers and end users to override
Supple's automatic rendering decisions. We describe a distributed
architecture which enables computationally-impoverished devices to
benefit from Supple interfaces. Finally, we present experiments and a
preliminary user-study that demonstrate the practicality of our
approach.
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Gajos, K., Christianson, D., Hoffmann, R., Shaked, T., Henning, K., Long, J. J., and Weld, D. S. (2005). Fast and robust interface generation for ubiquitous applications. In UbiComp 2005: Ubiquitous Computing, volume 3660 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 37-55, Berlin / Heidelberg. Springer.