FLOSSUsabilitySprint1107/brainstorm/MobileBrowsing

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User Goals

  • Easily get to data that you would normally get from a desktop?
  • Find data based on the context of where you are
    • What restaurants are nearby
    • Where is the nearest gas station
  • Make transactions, but with a lot of data entry
  • Make transactions that involve the real world, similar to a wallet
  • Answer who, what where and when based on data you already have
  • Kill time


Interfaces based on user goals

Hardware

  • multi-touch
  • value of voice output?
  • using gps or cell tower triangulation to infer location
  • bar code or rfid scanning to get information on nearby objects

Software

  • Answer who, what where and when based on data you already have
    • Bookmark the floss page and the location is stored in your map, the schedule is sent to your calendar, and the participants end up in your address book. All of these applications show information that is relevant at the time.
  • Find data based on the context of where you are
    • What restaurants are nearby
    • Where is the nearest gas station
  • what if we send the longitude and latitude with every get, and the web site can decide if it wants to make use of that data or not.