Monox: extensible gesture notation for mobile devices

Abstract

The rise of modern smartphones brought gesture-based interaction to our daily lives. As the number of different operating systems and graphical user interfaces increases, designers and researchers can benefit from a common notation for mobile interaction design. In this paper, we present a concept of an extensible sketching notation for mobile gestures. The proposed notation, Monox, provides a common basis for collaborative design and analysis of mobile interactions. Monox is platform independent and enables general discussions and negotiations on topics of mobile gestures. An extensive evaluation showed the practicability and ability of Monox to serve as a common denominator for discussion and communication within interdisciplinary groups of researchers, designers and developers.