Rist, Thomas2015-11-112015-11-1119991017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/egt.19991079Advances and breakthroughs in the area of computer graphics have made visual media a major ingredient of the modern interface, and it is for sure that graphics will significantly influence the way people communicate and interact with computers in the future. On the other hand, powerful graphical user interfaces cannot be implemented without considering knowledge of the domain, user, task and the peculiarities of human communication. Within the AI community there is the vision of so-called intelligent interfaces with advanced communication skills. Thereby, the attribute "intelligent" refers to the ability to flexibly adapt the way how information is presented to the user as well as the way how the user can interact with an application through the interface. Such adaptive interfaces are advantageous since they can accommodate for a broad variety of different users with varying needs and preferences.