The Humane Interface. New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems ACM Press Series

ISBN: 1591403723
EAN: N/A

Year: 2000
Pages: 54

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Human Interface, The New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Importance of Fundamentals
Chapter One. Background
1-1 Interface Definition
1-2 Keep the Simple Simple
1-3 Human-Centered Design and User-Centered Design
1-4 Tools That Do Not Facilitate Design Innovation
1-5 Interface Design in the Design Cycle
1-6 Definition of a Humane Interface
Chapter Two. Cognetics and the Locus of Attention
2-1 Ergonomics and Cognetics: What We Can and Cannot Do
2-2 Cognitive Conscious and Cognitive Unconscious
2-3 Locus of Attention
Chapter Three. Meanings, Modes, Monotony, and Myths
3-1 Nomenclature and Notations
3-2 Modes
3-3 Case Study of a Noun-Verb Fix to a Verb-Noun ProblemH2 P classdocText
3-4 Visibility and Affordances
3-5 Monotony
3-6 Myth of the Beginner-Expert Dichotomy
Chapter Four. Quantification
4-1 Quantitative Analyses of Interfaces
4-2 GOMS Keystroke-Level Model
4-3 Measurement of Interface Efficiency
4-4 Fitts Law and Hick s Law
Chapter Five. Unification
5-1 Uniformity and Elementary Actions
5-2 Elementary Actions Cataloged
5-3 File Names and Structures
5-4 String Searches and Find Mechanisms
5-5 Cursor Design and a Strategy for Making Selections
5-6 Cursor Position and LEAP
5-7 Applications Abolished
5-8 Commands and Transformers
Chapter Six. Navigation and Other Aspects of Humane Interfaces
6-1 Intuitive and Natural Interfaces
6-2 Better Navigation: ZoomWorld
6-3 Icons
6-4 Techniques and Help Facilities in Humane Interfaces
6-5 Letter from a User
Chapter Seven. Interface Issues Outside the User Interface
7-1 More Humane Programming Language Environments
7-2 Modes and Cables
7-3 Ethics and Management of Interface Design
Chapter Eight. Conclusion
Appendix A. The One-Button Mouse: History and Future
Appendix B. SwyftCard Interface Theory of Operation
References
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