Abstract
The proliferation of wireless networks and wireless-enabled handheld devices has spurred the design of Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices that automatically detect and identify wireless signals. Recent designs have proposed the use of an “intelligent” interface that changes modes based on some variable specific to the user or the environment. Specifying a method of identification given the unpredictable nature of human work presents a design challenge that is not easily addressed by conventional scenario or task based methods. A Work Domain Analysis was used to inform the design constraints of a mobile device interface used to support the transition between wireless networks with different constraints, as well as unanticipated tasks.
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