Authors:
Hao-Wen Yang
and
Hsing Mei
Affiliation:
Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Keyword(s):
Responsive Design, Responsive Universal Design, Cascading Style Sheet, CSS User Queries, Universal User Profile.
Abstract:
Accompanying the rapid progressing of information and communication technology, the number of webbased mobile applications grows significantly. The web page design does bring different user experiences on various mobile devices. The Responsive Web Design (RWD) was the first trial to deal with this issue. RWD aimed at designing adaptive web interface for different mobile devices. However, RWD consider only the difference of devices, but not the users, especially the needs of elders. This paper proposes the Responsive Universal Design (RUD), an enhancement of RWD, to consider both the devices and users. A unique Universal User Profile (UUP) is maintained for each user on device. Based on UUP, CSS User Queries functions are used to adjust the user interface dynamically with the best experience. RUD can increase the flexibility of web design, and improve user experience. A JavaScript library is implemented for build/load UUP, to parse user queries, and to apply CSS styles. This paper re
ports a critical step to create a universal and user-oriented web environment.
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