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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. Graphical libraries - User interface toolkits - Visual interface builders - Web development tools






2. 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






3. They are quick and easy to create - They provide a consistent model for all team members - They are easy to use with other design methods - They make the user real in the mind of the designer






4. Task analysis - storyboarding - use cases - primary stakeholder profiles






5. Articulatory distance is large because we are presented with the command prompt - no indication of functionality






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






7. Menu options create small articulatory distance






8. 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


9. Participants - design - tester






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






19. Determine the function of the device - Determine what actions are possible - Determine mapping from intention to physical movement - Perform the action - Determine whether the system is in the desired state - Determine the mapping from system state t






20. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






22. 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






23. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Effectiveness/Usefulness 1.Utility 2.Safety(Recovery) 3.Flexibility(Customization) 4.Stability - Efficiency/Usability






28. 1. low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.easy to undo errors 4. sppropriate for beginners






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






30. 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






31. Consistency-Correctness - Generalizability - Conventions - Familiarity - Location - Modes






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






33. Functionality->presentation filter | (comprehensibility barrier)| efficiency usability ->|(learnability barrier) | Effectiveness Usefulness






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






35. 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






36. Artificial context - Not definitive od product acceptance - Skewed sample of uses - Not always efficient






37. Translating the user's task language into the input language requires knowledge of the core language - The output language can be confusing for inexperienced users - there is very little feedback






38. 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






39. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






40. Observation - elicitation






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






42. 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






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






44. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






46. 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






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






48. 1.ease of learning - 2.low memory requirement - 3.flexible interaction - 4.low screen requirement - 5. sppropriate for beginner






49. 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


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