PUBLICATION
Awareness and Control for Inter-Widget Communication: Challenges and Solutions
Type
Conference Paper
Year
2013
Authors
Olexiy Chudnovskyy
Stefan Pietschmann
Matthias Niederhausen
Vadim Chepegin
David Griffiths
Research Area
Event
13th International Conference on Web Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2013)
ISBN/ISSN
978-3-642-39199-6
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Abstract
Recently, widget-based Web applications, i.e., mashups have gained momentum, as they make it possible to address the "long tail" of software needs. By enabling data and control flow among widgets - inter-widget communication (IWC) - integration of data and functionality can be defined by the end users themselves. However, IWC entails several problems that may reduce the overall user confidence in a system. Based on the results of user studies on the OMELETTE mashup platform, this paper analyzes the problem space and evaluates possible solutions to improve user perception of IWC. Further, a discussion of promising techniques is offered and pending challenges are identified.
Reference
Chudnovskyy, Olexiy; Pietschmann, Stefan; Niederhausen, Matthias; Chepegin, Vadim; Griffiths, David; Gaedke, Martin: Awareness and Control for Inter-Widget Communication: Challenges and Solutions. Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2013), pp. 114-122, 2013.
