This project dissertation was submitted as fulfillment of a requirement for the MSc in Data Engineering, September 1997.
This project discusses the lack of dynamic design within current interface design tools; proposes a conceptual model for a tool which supports the generation of dynamic user interfaces; and describes the development of the Dynamic User Interface Design Tool (DUIDT) based on this conceptual model. The conceptual model uses a state transition diagram (STD) to represent the behaviour of a system, and links static interface designs to STDs to add dynamics. DUIDT allows the designer to simulate the dynamic behaviour of an application-specific user interface without having to perform any coding. This makes it possible to develop an interface prototype in a shorter time, so that the designer and end-user can evaluate and verify the dynamic interface of the system earlier in the development cycle.