Exploring The Design Space Of Adaptive User Interfaces

For decades, researchers have presented different adaptive user interfaces and discussed the pros and cons of adaptation on task performance and satisfaction. Little research, however, has been directed at isolating and understanding those aspects of adaptive interfaces which make some of them successful and others not. We have conducted several laboratory studies to systematically isolate some of the design and contextual factors that affect the impact of adaptation on users' performance and satisfaction. The results of these studies combined with the recent work of others, provide an initial characterization of the design space of adaptive graphical user interfaces.