SENG 310: Human Computer Interaction · Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): A discipline concerning...
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SENG 310: Human Computer Interaction
Instructor: Melanie Tory
Computer Interfaces
Definitions Human-Computer Interaction (HCI):
A discipline concerning the design, evaluation and implementation & study of interactive computing systems for human use (Preece, Rogers, and Sharp 2002)
Interaction Design (ID): The design of spaces for human-computer interaction and communication (Winograd 1997)
Examples of some bad designs
– On the bottom row, people often push a label by mistake instead of a control button
– People do not make same mistake for the labels and buttons on the top row. Why not?
From: www.baddesigns.com
What is wrong with this parking ticket machine?
From: www.baddesigns.com
What is wrong with this map?
How could this voicemail interface be improved?
• .wav file
Web Designs
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How do bad designs affect the user?
The organization who produced the interface?
Course Overview