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Tag Archives: HCI
Review – Don’t Make Me Think (Krug)
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug. New Riders Press, 2005. This thin book provides guidance on the basics of web usability. It focuses on the importance of doing things in a way … Continue reading
Interface Seams: Activity Theory
Activity Theory is a framework that provides some insight into issues around how people use tools. This is a small summary of some of its ideas. Continue reading
Tagged HCI
Review – Things that Make Us Smart
Things that Make Us Smart, Donald A. Norman, Perseus Books, 1993. Similar in tone and scope to his other books (that’s an endorsement:), Things that Make Us Smart explores ways in which we use artifacts to improve our cognitive abilities. … Continue reading
Review – Paper Prototyping
Paper Prototyping, by Carolyn Snyder. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. The “Scandinavian design” tradition in human-computer interaction says that people should be involved in creating the systems they will have to use. Electronic tools for rapid screen design may provide a high-fidelity … Continue reading
Interface Seams: Ubiquity
Ubiquitous computing may be worth pursuing. Continue reading
Interface Seams: Patterns for Interactive Applications
These patterns describe some of the forces and decisions to be made while implementing an interactive application. [This is a submission to PLoP'98.] Continue reading
Interface Seams: Ad-Hoc vs. Planned Collaboration
Groupware is often examined on the dimensions of time and place; ad-hoc vs. planned collaboration introduces a new dimension. Continue reading
Interface Seams: Sound and Computers
There are several approaches to computers and sound. Continue reading
Interface Seams: Rethinking the Spreadsheet
Spreadsheets have traditionally been based on a rectangular grid. We’ll look into simplifying formulas, and then at data structures other than a matrix. Spreadsheets often have columns specified by alphabetic labels, and numbered rows. A specific cell can be identified … Continue reading
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Interface Seams: Paper and Computers
Paper is the most important non-electronic artifact associated with computers. Continue reading
Interface Seams: HCI Resources
Resources for people interested in human-computer interaction (HCI). Continue reading
Tagged bibliography, HCI, reviews
Interface Seams: Notes on Guindon – "Designing the Design Process"
Design is opportunistic, not strictly top-down or bottom-up. Continue reading
Interface Seams: Logarithmicons
Icons to represent sets with highly variable sizes can come from an icon family based on powers. Continue reading
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Interface Seams: Multimodal Icons
Multimodal icons reflect the attributes of objects. Continue reading
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