New design methodology slashes time and costs in user interface creation.
The article introduces a new method to help designers come up with creative ideas for user interfaces before they start building prototypes. By adding a planning and idea generation phase, designers can save time and money by focusing on the problem and solution early on. The researchers created a software tool called HyperDesign to support this new method, which was tested with students and professionals. The results showed that having a planning phase is important for designing user interfaces effectively, and the software tool needs some improvements to make it easier to use.