HCI

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HCI

• Meeting 18
• Tues, November 2
• Election Day

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Research Project
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Proposed Exam Questions

1. While the idea behind turning on a light switch
   has pretty much been the same since the
   beginning, how do we account for all the
   different light switches in use today?
2. What are some of the benefits of minimizing the
   number of modes within a system?

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Questions (2)

1. How does Raskins Zoomworld concept provide such
   approachable metaphor?
2. What are the most important features in designing
   a user interface? What makes design X better
   than design Y? Give examples.
3. Explain the GOMS model and describe a simple task
   in reference to it.

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Questions (3)

• In what terms can we measure the effectiveness of
  an interface and the users reactions with it?
• Discuss some design principles that were not
  followed by the designers of Netscape webmail. Be
  clear and show how you would have designed them
  instead.

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Questions (4)

1. Give the specifications for a perfectly designed
   button. Connect your specifications to design
   principles and GUEPs. Note any assumptions you
   make about the context of the button.
2. Describe locus of attention and discuss its
   importance in human computer interaction

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Questions (5)

1. Synthesize Raskins ideas about ease of learning
   a system and display your result as a concept
   map.
2. How should a designer accommodate for
   habituation?
3. Describe the state space of a widget.

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Evaluation

• What to measure
• How to measure it

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Next Time

• Next Tuesday, November 9 Final Exam, Part 1.