Although the age of information appliances is getting close, current remote control devices are too awkward, and we cannot control sophisticated equipments without using graphical computer terminals. We propose a new interaction technique called the Real-world GUI, where users can control real-world appliances just like performing GUI operations on graphical computer terminals, using a new inpu...

We introduce Touch-Display Keyboards (TDK) that retain the traditional physical key layout and in addition provide dynamic display and touch-sensing capability for each key. We demonstrate how TDKs can be seamlessly integrated with graphical user interfaces by extending the graphical output as well as three-state input across the keyboard’s surface. TDKs allow the graphical interface to be dyna...

Seismic vulnerability assessment is crucial for evaluating the resilience of structures. OpenSees, an open-access and versatile tool, plays a pivotal role in accurately simulating complex behavior structures subjected to seismic loads. However, lacking built-in graphical user interface (GUI) one limitations OpenSees that can hinder usability accessibility. Moreover, users must rely on command-l...

A transformational approach for developing multimodal web user interfaces is presented that progressively moves from a task model and a domain model to a final user interface. This approach consists of three steps: deriving one or many abstract user interfaces from a task model and a domain model, deriving one or many concrete user interfaces from each abstract one, and producing the code of th...

Today's graphical user interfaces simulate a perfect world. Windows have always the same look and buttons have identical shapes and colors and are aligned to regular grids. The only distinction between graphical elements is their label. The current visual design of user interfaces ignores the capabilities of modern displays for an e ective visual coding and the resulting uniformness makes it ve...