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Human Computer Interaction Lecture 06 The Interaction Ergonomics Interaction Styles

Human Computer Interaction Lecture 06 The Interaction Ergonomics Interaction Styles. What is Interaction?. Communication User  System Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. Ergonomics.

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Human Computer Interaction Lecture 06 The Interaction Ergonomics Interaction Styles

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  1. Human Computer InteractionLecture 06The InteractionErgonomicsInteraction Styles

  2. What is Interaction? • Communication • User  System • Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another.

  3. Ergonomics Physical aspects of interfaces

  4. Ergonomics • Study of the physical characteristics of interaction • Also known as human factors – but this can also be used to mean much of HCI! • Ergonomics good at defining standards and guidelines for constraining the way we design certain aspects of systems

  5. Ergonomics - examples • Arrangement of controls and displays • Important because disastrous results can appear if rules not followed • Example: using ‘y’ and ‘u’ as shortcut keys for two opposite tasks • Possible organizations of controls • Functional • Reflecting related functionality • Sequential • Reflecting order of use • Frequency • Reflecting frequency of use

  6. Ergonomics - examples • Ergonomics is also concerned with the work environment • Where will the system be used? • Who will use it? • Will the user be sitting, standing or moving about? • Consider all above issues in your design • Seating should be provided back support

  7. Ergonomics - examples • health issues • physical position • Users should be able to reach all controls and see all displays • environmental conditions (temperature, humidity) • Low or high temperature affect performance • Lighting • Lighting should be arranged to avoid glare and reflection • Noise • No noise is not expected, but little • Time • Time should be controlled (considers harms of CRT, as discussed)

  8. Ergonomics - examples • Use of colour • Awareness of colour-blindness • Use distinct colours • Don’t use colour as the only clue • Follow colour conventions • E.g. red, green and blue • Consider cultural differences

  9. Interaction Styles dialogue … computer and user distinct styles of interaction

  10. Common interaction styles • Command line interface • Menus • Natural language • Question/answer and query dialogue • Form-fills and spreadsheets • WIMP • Point and click • Three–dimensional interfaces

  11. Command line interface • Way of expressing instructions to the computer directly • function keys, single characters, short abbreviations, whole words, or a combination • suitable for repetitive tasks • better for expert users than novices • offers direct access to system functionality • command names/abbreviations should be meaningful! Typical example: the Unix system

  12. Menus • Set of options displayed on the screen • Options visible • less recall - easier to use • rely on recognition so names should be meaningful • Selection by: • numbers, letters, arrow keys, mouse • combination (e.g. mouse plus accelerators) • Often options hierarchically grouped • sensible grouping is needed • Restricted form of full WIMP system

  13. Natural language • Familiar to user • speech recognition or typed natural language • Problems • vague • Ambiguous • hard to do well! • Solutions • try to understand a subset i.e. constraints on vocabulary • pick on key words

  14. Query Interfaces • Question/answer interfaces • user led through interaction via series of questions • suitable for beginner users but restricted functionality • often used in information systems • Query languages (e.g. SQL) • used to retrieve information from database • requires understanding of database structure and language syntax, hence requires some expertise

  15. Form-fills • Primarily for data entry or data retrieval • Design screen like paper form. • Data put in relevant place • Requires • good design • correctionfacilities

  16. Spreadsheets • first spreadsheet VISICALC, followed by Lotus 1-2-3MS Excel most common today • sophisticated variation of form-filling. • grid of cells contain a value or a formula • formula can involve values of other cells e.g. sum of all cells in this column • user can enter and alter data, spreadsheet maintains consistency

  17. WIMP Interface • Windows • Icons • Menus • Pointers • … or windows, icons, mice, and pull-down menus! • Default style for majority of interactive computer systems, especially PCs and desktop machines

  18. Point and click interfaces • Used in .. • multimedia • web browsers and hypertext • Just click something! • icons, text links or location on map • Minimal typing

  19. Three dimensional interfaces • Virtual reality • ‘Ordinary’ window systems • highlighting • visual affordance • indiscriminate usejust confusing! • 3D workspaces • use for extra virtual space • light give depth • distance effects flat buttons … click me!

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