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Usability
Can you switch an incoming call to another extension with your work phone? What does the clock on your parents' VCR show two weeks after a power outage? Why do most of the single ticket passengers on a HKL tram try to force their ticket into the stamping device the wrong way around? |
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From past to present: what used to be - and yet still isn't
Graphical user interfaces in the 60's |
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Human perception and cognitive psychology
Why is small blue print difficult to read but red is easy? Why do I forget the taxi phone number, when someone suddenly asks for the time? How many things can I concentrate on simultaneously? Why can't I see the simple solution, when my buddy discovers it right away? How do emotions and prior impressions influence my decision-making? |
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Designing a graphical user interface
Where should one not start the design? Is a collection of many small dialog boxes better than a few large windows? Must I go with a stupid idea only because the Windows standard happens to say so? How come seven "cool" fonts in one window is too many? |
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User goals
What is the user getting paid for? Is it ok for a program to find the Page Setup dialog from the File menu, open another dialog box from there and enter 45 instead of 40 in a field just so you can slightly widen the left margin? |
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Usability testing
How can user interfaces be tested and what do tests tell us? How do I setup a usability test? What can go wrong? |
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Users and designers?
Why and how to get designers and users talking to each other? Do the users know what they really need? |
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Internet What is a good WWW user interface like? |
Updated 24.04.2002 / Asko Saura,
email: asko@interacta.fi
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