1. User Interface Options Colin Clark Lead Software Architect Jess Mitchell Senior R&D Project Manager Joanna Vass Interaction Designer Inclusive Design Research Centre OCAD University

2. Overview UI Options is the product of a decade of research, design, and development It’s a living product It can be embedded in any web app It’s not just what you see, it’s a framework for creating preferences editors Designed by skilled interaction designers, with users

3. Demo

4. Rethinking Disability

5. A mismatch between the user and the user interface

6. User States and Contexts Given a design or design idea, will users, in the most inclusive sense, be able to use it?

7. User States and Contexts A map of the user’s needs and preferences Alternative to, or companion of, personas Avoids typecasting and classification A way to understand both ability and environment, without generalizing or stereotyping

11. UI Options Evolution

20. Easy: Speaks a language I understand Ubiquitous: I don’t have to constantly reiterate or justify Autonomous: I can control who sees my preferences Preferences User Experience

21. Preferences Editors Support many preferences editors, designed for particular audiences, contexts and needs

22. Preferences Editors Support many preferences editors, designed for particular audiences, contexts and needs: a framework for preferences editing

23. Preferences Framework presentation persistence adaptation (how the preference is acted upon) A three-dimensional model for preferences:

24. Preferences Framework

25. Questions? fluidproject.org gpii.net