A web framework for cross-device gestures between personal devices and public displays

In order to exploit the wide availability of public displays and personal devices on the mass market at affordable prices it is important to provide developers with frameworks that ease obtaining cross-device user interfaces able to exploit such device ecosystems. We present the design and implementation of a Web framework for the development of cross-device user interfaces able to take advantage of both personal devices and public displays, and support various types of gestures and their combinations in such multi-device environments. We introduce the design space addressed, describe the framework functionality, its application interface and run-time support, show some example applications, and report on a first test with developers.