chapter 8 output and user interface design

... you will understand what you want users to see in yourinterface.Interaction design was covered next You learned about how to apply designprinciples and patterns to the four good design imperatives ... information quickly, and theuse of assistants and wizards to help get users up to speed and performingtasks more quickly and easily Trang 3The chapter ended with a discussion of the fifth and final step ... for users who use a program for long periods oftime Sovereign postures include a number of tools in the user interface sothat users can manipulate objects and controls A discussion about interface

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... input and output symbols into disjoint sets of "good" and "bad" inputs and outputs A system is said to be input- output stable if for all good input sequences the corresponding output ... completely observable at some time if and only if for every sequence of domain inputs and their corresponding outputs, the model of the domain and the input and output sequences are all that is necessary ... dynamic, and time critical environments is not nearly as well developed as the mathematical theory of systems and control In this Chapter relationships, and a detailed analogy between Al planning and

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 12:15

... Trang 18 Golden Rules of Interface Design : 8 quy tắc vàng của thiết kế giao diện 1.Strive for consistency:Phấn đấu cho thống ... frequent users to use shortcuts:Cho phép người dùng sử dụng các phím tắt Ví dụ:Tốt Dùng phím tắt Ctrl+N để mở một Tab mới 3.Offer informative feedback:Cung cấp phản hồi thông tin Ví dụ: Trang 34.Design ... closure:Thiết kế các hộp thoại để mang lại sự khép kín Ví dụ:Tốt 5.Offer error prevention and simple error handling:Đề phòng và xử lý lỗi đơn giản Ví dụ:Tốt Trang 4Khi bạn đăng nhập mà hok đúng

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... February 2003 8-1 Chapter 8 Measurement and Metrics CONTENTS 8.1 INTRODUCTION 3 8.2 PROCESS DESCRIPTION 4 8.2.1 D EVELOPING A M ETRICS P ROGRAM P LAN 4 8.2.1.1 Define Goals 4 8.2.1.2 Derive ... MEASUREMENT AND METRICS CHECKLIST 7 8.3.1 D EVELOPING A M ETRICS P ROGRAM 7 8.3.2 M ETRICS P ROGRAM I MPLEMENTATION 7 8.3.3 M ETRICS P ROGRAM E VALUATION 7 8.4 REFERENCES 8 8.5 RESOURCES 8 Chapter ... insight, depth, and specific examples by downloading and reading those articles Chapter 8: Measurement and Metrics Condensed GSAM Handbook 8-4 February 2003 and books listed in 8.5 Resources that

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 16:20

... including user and task analysis, which I’ll discuss later inthis chapter Trang 11docu-• Interface design, which is the process of designing a software or ware interface that users find attractive and ... Reflexive interfaces allow users to define and control the entire systemthrough the user interface, such as changing the command verbiage tosuit their needs and expectations • Tangible interfaces ... withthe capability for users to have always-on Internet broadband connections(such as cable and DSL), Web formatting and design restrictions are beginningto affect user interface design Web technologies

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... learn more about design guidelines for user interfaces in Chapter 7,“Designing a User Interface,” and for Web sites in Chapter8,“Designing a Web Site.” Phase 2: Design, Testing, and Development ... functionality andworkflow design based on the users’ tasks and streamlines work beforeyou begin design No interface design is produced in this task • Conceptual model design—The team creates high-level design ... user interface design This section also dis-cussed the expectations that each stakeholder has regarding the interface andthe outcomes from good interface design, as well as usability design and

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... and applying your design processes to other projects.You learned about the constraints that users and designers face, and the gapthis causes in producing well-designed user interfaces You should ... This chapter began with a discussion about good design goals You mustimplement four good design goals into any user interface: to implement ethi-cal, purposeful, pragmatic, and elegant designs ... site user experience level is before you determine whatneeds your users have You’ll learn more about user experience levels inChapter 6,“Analyzing Your Users.” As you go through the design and

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... effective user interface. .. interface design The opportunity is that the designer(s) can get a better grasp of the disconnections between the users’ goals and the user interface design ... knowledge, and you can design your user interface to meet the needs of this large group of users. To create a good interface or product design for your users, you need to have goals. Therefore, this chapter ... Covered in This Chapter The Users’ Mental Model The Experience Bell Curve Understanding the User’s Goals User and Task Analysis In Chapter 5,“How Users Behave,” you learned about how users behave

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... of user interface design that is more human, you need to adhere to design imperatives by following principles and patterns of action and interface design inter-Applying Design Imperatives In Chapter ... “Good Design”) • Obtaining information about and understanding your users (Chapters5,“How Users Behave,” and 6,“Analyzing Your Users”) 163 Trang 2Now that you’ve made the business case and you ... the four design imperatives Keep the ing design tips in mind as you develop your user interface (Cooper andReimann, 2003): follow-• Ethical—Ethical design is considerate and helpful and actually

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... the command-line interface, and the graphical user interface Why is Web design still a significant challenge? Because there are still too many browser limitations Why does Web design ... have to understand how a user interface works in the operating system for which you’re designing... leave, do the following: • Thank the users and the managers • Give the users a gift, even ... on the design teamm —Having users on the design team can help further users’ goals and desires throughout the production life cycle. • User survey s —You can conduct user surveys as discussed in

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... select users who reflect diversity in the user group; treat the users as partners; watch, listen to, and talk with users; make the conversations concrete; and take your cues from your users. ... by Randolph G Bias and Deb-orah J Mayhew, ISBN 0-12-095811-2 • Observing the User Experience, by Mike Kuniavsky, ISBN 1-55860-923-7 • Paper Prototyping, by Carolyn Snyder, ISBN 1-55860-870-2 ... 1-55860-870-2 • The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald A Norman, ISBN 0-465-06710-7 • Usability for the Web, by Tom Brinck et al., ISBN 1-55860-658-0 • User and Task Analysis for Interface Design, by

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... Trang 1A user interface is well designed when the program model conforms to the user model That's it Almost all good user interface design comes down to bringing the program model and the user model ... choice is the best user model, and it's up to you to make the program model match it The next step is to test your theories Build a model or prototype of your user interface and give some people ... Which brings us to our second major rule of user interface design: Every time you provide an option, you're asking the user to make a decision Asking the user to make a decision isn't in itself a

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... functions, and since users are completely free to ignore the choice and get their work done anyway, this is a good use of options Trang 2Chapter 4: Affordances and Metaphors Overview Developing a user ... Napster 2.0 user interface has five separate screens (Chat, Library, Search, Hot List, and Transfer), and you use the buttons at the top to switch among them This is an obvious candidate for ... user model When the user model is incomplete or wrong, the program can use affordances or metaphors to show the user its model In these cases, you are going to have to find ways to give the user

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... it had the standard log-on dialog that prompted you for a user name and a password. After you entered the user name, you were supposed to press Tab to go to the password field and type in a ... to our rule from Chapter 4. The point of a metaphor is to show the user the program model. On a Web page, tabs show the user how the site is organized into sections. Once the user clicks, it ... 35 Figure 5-12: My redesigned version of the Outlook Bar uses a real live metaphor to convey to the user how it's supposed to work. 36 Chapter 6: Consistency and Other Hobgoblins The

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... history of user interfaces—from the early 1970s when interactive systems first appeared, to today's most modern GUI interfaces—has followed a pendulum Each generation of user interface designers ... mittengrabben around the interface and they'll soon figure it out But some percentage of people will just sit there and fail to accomplish the task This distresses the user interface designers, who don't ... job is to provide a well-stocked, well-equipped, and well-lighted kitchen that the user can use to make their own masterpieces Trang 8Chapter 8: Design for Extremes Consider if you will a simple

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... Trang 1Chapter 9: People Can't Read When you design user interfaces, it's a good idea to keep two principles in mind: 1 Users don't have the manual, and if they did, they wouldn't ... been collected and embellished in a couple of great books like Tog on Software Design (Addison-Wesley, 1995), which is a lot of fun and a great introduction to UI design, and Tog on Interface (Addison-Wesley, ... exchange, you get a user interface that Trang 10Look closely at your program's user interface and give us all a break Pretend that we are gorillas or maybe smart orangutans and that we have trouble

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... withstand your acting immature and stupid, it could use some work In the preceding chapters, I've brought up three principles: 1 Users don't read stuff (Chapter 9) 2 Users can't use the mouse (Chapter ... menu of available commands replaced the old command-line interfaces where you had to memorize the commands you wanted to use This is, fundamentally, the reason why command-line interfaces are simply ... Figure out the user model—how the user will expect to accomplish those activities 4 Sketch out the first draft of the design 5 Iterate over your design again and again, making it easier and easier

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... wrong, the user will have to undo the change we made 4 Ninety-nine out of one hundred times, we improved the user's life One time out of one hundred, we made it worse Net value to user: 98% improvement ... Undo command, don't realize that Undo undoes the computer's actions as well as their own And if you watch them, they usually try to undo the error themselves by backspacing and retyping, and of ... indicate areas where the user can't edit, and white backgrounds to indicate areas where the user can edit This has been a GUI convention for so long that most people understand it subconsciously

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... my consulting company You can design your business cards over the Web, and when you're done, they print them and mail them to you Using the iPrint.com interactive designer, you can add text, move ... HTML or Java Applets At the very least, your users can lay things out on the screen using a point-and-click interface that responds immediately Many Web designers have given up on Java Applets for ... be deleted, the cat jumped up on your desk and spilled a cup of hot tea and ran away in fright, and now you have to decide whether to chase the cat and mollify her, or get some paper towels to

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... • ASP may have better security and controls than a small company • Bandwidth/response time: Telecommunications channel between ASP and company must be able to handle volume of transactions • ... for seamless Web connectivity, and Trang 35• Users of ERP systems often access those systems through a Web browser rather than the ERP systems' graphical user interface (GUI) • XML, extensible ... information system • Ordering is fast and efficient • Large companies may require suppliers to use EDI, and may pay EDI costs for small suppliers • EDI tends to lock buyers and suppliers into a long-term

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