May 9, 2008, 4:07 pm

M150 Data, Computing and Information

Principles of HCI

 

Unit 12 introduces some principles of HCI. Some of these concepts are taught in M206. I will point you to a page on this site that will explain three of these; affordance, visibility and feedback.

You can also follow some links to other pages on my site, where you will find reference to other HCI concepts such as consistency, simplicity, structure, tolerance and the importance of user-centred design:

• An introduction to usability
• Usability guidelines for Web designers

For an example of how not to do it, you might like to look at the next page .

You might like to read an interview with HCI guru Don Norman here. His homepage is here
He was interviewed by the The Guardian's Jack Schofield in March of this year
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Search on Don Norman and follow the link to Emotional about design

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