A Semiotic-informed Approach to Interface Guidelines for Mobile Applications - A Case Study on Phenology Data Acquisition

Flavio Nicastro, Roberto Pereira, Bruna Alberton, Leonor Patrícia C. Morellato, Cecilia Baranauskas, Ricardo da S. Torres

2015

Abstract

Portable devices have been experimented for data acquisition in different domains, e.g., logistics and census data acquisition. Nevertheless, their large-scale adoption depends on the development of effective applications with a careful interaction design. In this paper, we revisit existing interface design strategies and propose a guideline composed of semiotic-informed rules and questions for mobile user interface design. We demonstrate the use of the guideline in the evaluation of mobile application interfaces proposed for phenological data acquisition in the field.

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Nicastro F., Pereira R., Alberton B., Patrícia C. Morellato L., Baranauskas C. and da S. Torres R. (2015). A Semiotic-informed Approach to Interface Guidelines for Mobile Applications - A Case Study on Phenology Data Acquisition . In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-098-7, pages 34-43. DOI: 10.5220/0005379600340043


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@conference{iceis15,
author={Flavio Nicastro and Roberto Pereira and Bruna Alberton and Leonor Patrícia C. Morellato and Cecilia Baranauskas and Ricardo da S. Torres},
title={A Semiotic-informed Approach to Interface Guidelines for Mobile Applications - A Case Study on Phenology Data Acquisition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2015},
pages={34-43},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005379600340043},
isbn={978-989-758-098-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - A Semiotic-informed Approach to Interface Guidelines for Mobile Applications - A Case Study on Phenology Data Acquisition
SN - 978-989-758-098-7
AU - Nicastro F.
AU - Pereira R.
AU - Alberton B.
AU - Patrícia C. Morellato L.
AU - Baranauskas C.
AU - da S. Torres R.
PY - 2015
SP - 34
EP - 43
DO - 10.5220/0005379600340043