Expert perspectives on UX design challenges for solid-enabled personal data store applications
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- Tim Theys (UGent) , August Bourgeus, Peter Mechant (UGent) , Lieven De Marez (UGent) and Jelle Saldien (UGent)
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- The growing complexity of managing personal data online has increased the need for enhanced transparency, control, and usability in data handling. Solid, a web specification being developed by a W3C Working Group, aims to offer a potential solution by providing users with a personal online data store or data vault. This enables users to transparently manage and control access to their data across various platforms. As Solid radically changes the way users interact with their personal data, it introduces new UX challenges for designers. This study uncovers the specific design challenges through twelve expert interviews with practitioners who have hands-on experience in designing Solid-enabled applications. By analyzing results from open-ended questions and a forced-choice ranking exercise and linking them with the Human-Data Interaction framework, we aim to assist practitioners in overcoming these challenges. We conclude by proposing a research agenda focusing on three key areas: 1) enhancing explainability, 2) investigating the balance between data control and usability, and 3) developing standardized design patterns.
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- Solid, UX challenges, Human-Data Interaction
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01J0BERPCDX5FDC31DPP7DSSR9
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- Theys, Tim, et al. “Expert Perspectives on UX Design Challenges for Solid-Enabled Personal Data Store Applications.” HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024, edited by Constantine Stephanidis et al., vol. 2119, Springer, 2024, pp. 136–45, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-61966-3_16.
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- Theys, T., Bourgeus, A., Mechant, P., De Marez, L., & Saldien, J. (2024). Expert perspectives on UX design challenges for solid-enabled personal data store applications. In C. Stephanidis, M. Antona, S. Ntoa, & G. Salvendy (Eds.), HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024 (Vol. 2119, pp. 136–145). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61966-3_16
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- Theys, Tim, August Bourgeus, Peter Mechant, Lieven De Marez, and Jelle Saldien. 2024. “Expert Perspectives on UX Design Challenges for Solid-Enabled Personal Data Store Applications.” In HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024, edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, and Gavriel Salvendy, 2119:136–45. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61966-3_16.
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- Theys, Tim, August Bourgeus, Peter Mechant, Lieven De Marez, and Jelle Saldien. 2024. “Expert Perspectives on UX Design Challenges for Solid-Enabled Personal Data Store Applications.” In HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024, ed by. Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, and Gavriel Salvendy, 2119:136–145. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-61966-3_16.
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- 1.Theys T, Bourgeus A, Mechant P, De Marez L, Saldien J. Expert perspectives on UX design challenges for solid-enabled personal data store applications. In: Stephanidis C, Antona M, Ntoa S, Salvendy G, editors. HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024. Cham: Springer; 2024. p. 136–45.
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- [1]T. Theys, A. Bourgeus, P. Mechant, L. De Marez, and J. Saldien, “Expert perspectives on UX design challenges for solid-enabled personal data store applications,” in HCI INTERNATIONAL 2024 POSTERS, PT VI, HCII 2024, Washington DC, USA, 2024, vol. 2119, pp. 136–145.
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