Week 35, A, intro

Human-Computer Interaction

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Human-Computer Interaction

Discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems

"Real-time" response time

Useful (property of interactive system)

must meet user needs

Usable (property of interactive system)

must be adapted to the capabilites of the users.

Emerging of personal computers in the 1970s

Usability, first definition

"easy to learn, easy to use"

Usability, definition today

Qualities: fun, well being, collective efficacy, aesthetic tension, enhanced creativity, flow, support for human development, etc.

HCI focus beginning

generic user behavior

HCI focus today

social and organizational computing, accessibility for the elderly, the cognitively and physically impaired, etc.

Miguel's three advice

Understand and learn from your users.
Always be curious.
Let data be your guiding light.