The Development of Proactive Actions Women Safety Application using Direct Combination
Keywords:
Direct combination, graphical icons, mobile application, women safety, personal safetyAbstract
Direct Combination is a user interaction technique that allows users to manipulate objects in a system environment. It presents a narrower range of interactions which may be helpful in situations where a burden of information may not be helpful to users. This research proposes the usage of Direct Combination to develop an application that allows women to view a list of useful actions that can be taken whenever they feel in danger, a proactive action application rather than the more common and reactive panic button applications. The application allows users to select an icon to view an expanded list of situations related to the chosen icon or to combine two icons which return a customised list of situations. The usage of icons promotes recognition rather than recall in users and context-sensitive results from Direct Combination may also help users find needed information in dangerous situations quickly.