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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






2. Ease of Learning - Efficiency of use - Memorability - Error frequency and severity - Subjective satisfaction






3. Intention formation - specification of the action - and the execution stages are complex - Require a rather accurate mental model of the computer's internal processing






4. They make it possible to try out ideas very early - They make it possible to test - revise - test - revise...They engage end users -- managers and customers






5. 1. the people who are involved with the work 2. the things they use to do the work - 3. the process that are involved in the work - 4. the information required to do the work - 5. the constraints imposed on the work - 6. the inputs required by the wo






6. 1. suitable for repetitive tasks 2. sdvantageous for expert users 3.offer direct access to system functionality 4.efficient and powerful 5.not encumbered with graphic controls - low visual load - not taxing on system resource 6. scriptable






7. 1. speech recognition 2. semantic - grammar issues - vague meanings - contradictory statement






8. We respond first to the intensity of a stimulus and only then do we begin to process its meaning






9. 1. Visibility of System Status 2. Match between System and the Real World 3. User Control and Freedom 4. Consistency and Standards 5. Error Prevention 6. Recognition Rather Than Recall 7. Flexibility and Efficiency of Use 8. Aesthetic and Minimalist


10. Menu options create small articulatory distance






11. They are quick and easy to perform - They can be done before any preliminary designs have been made - They will let you know how people organize information - They will expose underlying structures






12. They can be difficult to create f the target audience is international - Having too many personas will make the work difficult - There is a risk of incorporating unsupported designer assumption






13. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






14. They require knowledge of problem space - They can lead beyond the problem space - There is no formal semantics for defining symbol meaning






15. 1.require valid input in valid format 2.require familiarity with interface control 3.can be tedious to correct mistakes






16. Easy and inexpensive to make - Flexible enough to be constantly changed and rearranged - Complete enough to yield useful feedback about specific design questions






17. Use multiple independent evaluators - Use observer to record evaluator - Go through interface several times - Compare interaction against list of heuristics - Use heuristics specific to design - List heuristic problems and how the heuristic is violat


18. Low- fidelity prototypes - Evaluations - Wireframes - Functional prototypes






19. Menu constraints can help the user to form the proper intentions and specify the proper action sequence - provide a context to evaluate the output language






20. They can be used early and often - They are inexpensive and easy to create - They make design idea visual - No special knowledge is required - all team members can create them






21. They allow an easy way to explore the problem space - They provide a way to create clusters of related elements - They provide a graphical view of the problem space - They resonate with the ways in which people process information






22. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






23. 1.require valid input supplied by user 2.require familiarity with interface control 3.can be tedious to correct mistakes






24. Comprehensibility and learnability






25. Structuring the information space - Creating of alternative solutions - Determining which design concept to purse






26. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






27. Minimize help desk calls - increase product loyalty - Provide benchmarks for future products






28. Participants - design - tester






29. They increase productivity - They offer constraint and consistency checks - They facilitate team approaches - They ease maintenance






30. 1.language is ambiguous 2.meaning depends on context 3.dependent on visual cues






31. 1.command line 2.menu- based interface 3.form fill- in 4.question and answers 5.direct manipulation 6.metaphors 7.web navigation 8.3d environments 9.zoomable interface 10.natural language






32. Graphical libraries - User interface toolkits - Visual interface builders - Web development tools






33. Speech input 1.hands - free operation 2.poor lighting situations 3.mobile application 4.in the home - speech output 5.on - board navigational systems






34. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






35. Direct indirect - corporate documentation - logs and notes - questionnaires






36. 1.creating descriptions of the people who do the work 2.describing the different goals involved in the work 3.documenting the work step by step 4.creating different stories about how the various aspects of the work are done 5.creating charts and diag






37. 1.easy to learn2.low memory requirements 3.easy to undo 4.immediate feedback to user actions 5.enable user to use spatial cues 6.easy for beginner






38. 1.low memory requirement 2. self- explanatory 3. simple linear presentation 4.easy for beginner






39. Establishing the goal - Forming the intention - Specifying the action sequence - Execute the action sequence - Perceiving the world state - Interpreting the perception - Evaluate the interpretation






40. 1.require knowledge of the task domain - 2.may require tedious clarification dialogues - 3.complex system development






41. Brainstorming - Card sort - Semantic Networks - Personas - Scenarios - Flowcharts - Cognitive walkthrough - Use cases






42. Observation - elicitation






43. The range of possible intentions is consistently wide - users usually have multiple options for specifying action sequences - provide multiple ways of executing action sequence






44. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






45. 1.low command retention 2. steep learning curve 3.high error rates 4.heavy reliance on memory 5.frustrating for novice users






46. 1.not self- explanatory 2.inefficient use of screen real estate 3.high graphical system requirements






47. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






48. They only involve the elements that you have written on the cards - They suggest solutions that imply structure - They become difficult to navigate with more categories






49. 1.low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.can gather a great deal of information in little space 4.present a context for input information






50. They are not interactive - They cannot be used to calculate response timings - They do not deal with interface issues such as color or font size