12 + 1 Questions in the Design of Distributed User Interfaces

Current visual display ecosystems raises new situations and new configurations regarding the way a user interacts with a system through the user interface. In a post-WIMP period, we can find coupled displays, multi-touch devices, and interactive table-tops, tablets, tangible user interfaces, eWatchs and many other devices often interconnected through the same applications. This scenario poses researchers new challenges in the design of distributed user interfaces. In this paper we raise a set of questions as guidelines to consider that may drive designers in their work.

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