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






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






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






6. What it will look like - What components it will require - How the screens will be laid out






7. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






8. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






10. 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






11. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






12. Gulfs of execution relate to the effectiveness principle - Gulfs of evaluation relate to the efficiency principle






13. 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






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






15. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 1.rapid and inflexible navigation 2.inefficient for large menu navigation 3.inefficient use of screen real estate 4. slow for expert






24. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






25. 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






26. Observation - elicitation






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Comprehensibility and learnability






32. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






33. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






35. 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






36. 1.run out of metaphors 2.mixed metaphors 3.carry connotations and association






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






38. 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






39. 1.They facilitate the development of design procedures 2.They help in finding ways to talk about design 3.They create project management






40. 1.free phase 2.captive phase 3. termination phase






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






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






43. Participants - design - tester






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






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






46. 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






47. User interface independence 1.They separate interface design from internals 2.They enable multiple user interface strategies 3. They enable multiple platform support 4. They establish the role of the user interface architect 5. They enforce standards






48. 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


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