Abstract
In design-driven research and development projects, one of the biggest challenges is to make the different roles speak the same language. In this paper, along with a real project concerning the UX enhancement of smartphone touch-based gestures, we found designers and developers possessed their familiar skills and tools, but lacked understanding of each other's work, especially when designers encountered developers' work. Therefore, we propose the 5Fs model, elucidating how touch-based gesture interaction is constructed through different roles' involvement. The 5Fs layer was identified, relating work content to UX, including Hardware Feature, Coding Frame, Function Matching, Visual Feedforward, and Modal Feedback. The evaluation interviews showed the model could foster mutual understanding, by helping to build framework perceptions and clarify responsibilities and workflows, also indicating the potential to develop a practical translation approach to support collaboration.
Keywords
designer-developer collaboration; mutual understanding; gesture interaction
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1334
Citation
Yang, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, J., Chen, Q., and Du, L. (2024) Toward mutual understanding: Constructing the designer-developer collaboration in designing gesture interaction, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1334
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Toward mutual understanding: Constructing the designer-developer collaboration in designing gesture interaction
In design-driven research and development projects, one of the biggest challenges is to make the different roles speak the same language. In this paper, along with a real project concerning the UX enhancement of smartphone touch-based gestures, we found designers and developers possessed their familiar skills and tools, but lacked understanding of each other's work, especially when designers encountered developers' work. Therefore, we propose the 5Fs model, elucidating how touch-based gesture interaction is constructed through different roles' involvement. The 5Fs layer was identified, relating work content to UX, including Hardware Feature, Coding Frame, Function Matching, Visual Feedforward, and Modal Feedback. The evaluation interviews showed the model could foster mutual understanding, by helping to build framework perceptions and clarify responsibilities and workflows, also indicating the potential to develop a practical translation approach to support collaboration.