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September 2026 HCI paper proposing that generated interfaces should also generate ways to ask users about unstated preferences. Its six-axis design space and Ditto prototype cover questions, alternatives, editable panels, and other prompts embedded in the interface, with findings from two user studies.
Summary
Why This Paper Adds New Signal:
1. Elicitation as generated UI: Makes preference discovery part of the interface instead of relying only on a chat prompt
2. Concrete design space: Describes fidelity, saliency, amount, frequency, assertiveness, and placement for asking users
3. Working probe: Ditto implements 12 elicitation techniques, including in-place alternatives and editable controls
4. User evidence: Studies found that elicitation surfaced previously unformed preferences and that preferred ways of being asked were more consistent than UI choices
1. Elicitation as generated UI: Makes preference discovery part of the interface instead of relying only on a chat prompt
2. Concrete design space: Describes fidelity, saliency, amount, frequency, assertiveness, and placement for asking users
3. Working probe: Ditto implements 12 elicitation techniques, including in-place alternatives and editable controls
4. User evidence: Studies found that elicitation surfaced previously unformed preferences and that preferred ways of being asked were more consistent than UI choices
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generative-uiuser-preferenceselicitationpersonalizationhuman-in-the-loop