Developing an Adaptive User Interface in Eclipse

by Alex Leung. Scott Morisson. Matt Wringe. Ying Zou.

The usability of user interfaces is often neglected in the design and development of software applications. The Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is especially prone to poor usability problems due to the rich functionality introduced by the additions of external plug-ins and Eclipse’s board target user base (from novice to expert developers). To improve the usability of Eclipse’s user interface, we propose an Adaptive User Interface (AUI) architecture which modifies the existing Eclipse menu system based on statistical user interaction patterns with the user interface. Specifically, the AUI hides infrequently used menu elements, and predicts the next menu elements that a user is likely to click. Moreover, we develop adaptive algorithms that perform a cost-benefit analysis for making modifications to the menus system, and determine the optimal changes to make. A prototype AUI is developed as an Eclipse plug-in. Through an initial case study, we demonstrate the enhancement to the current Eclipse menu system using our Adaptive User Interface. [via]

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