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    HUMAN-COMPUTER

    INTERACTION
    Prepared by: Ryan de la Gente
    What HCI Is and Why It Is
    Important?
    CHAPTER 1
    Principles of HCI
    Human-Computer
    Interaction (HCI)

    WHAT HCI IS AND WHY IT IS

    IMPORTANT
    HCI
    WHAT IS HCI?
    is a cross-disciplinary area (e.g.,engineering, psychology, ergonomics, design) that deals with the
    theory,design, implementation, and evaluation of the ways that humans use and interact with
    computing devices.

    Interaction is a concept to be distinguished from another similar term, interface.


    The distinguishing concepts of interaction (model) and interface.
    HCI IMPORTANCE
    HCI has become much more important in recent
    years as computers (and embedded devices) have
    become commonplace in almost all
    facets of our lives.

    To develop high usability interfaces which are:


    easy to use
    efficient for the task
    ensure safety
    leads to a correct completion of the task
    USER INTERFACE
    REPRESENTS THE INTERNAL STATE ON OUTPUT
    PERIPHERALS

    CAPTURES & MANAGES INPUT FROM INPUT PERIPHERALS

    THE MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH THE COMMUNICATION


    BETWEEN HUMAN AND COMPUTER TAKES PLACE

    THROUGH THE INTERFACE USER ACTIONS ARE


    TRANSLATED INTO INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE
    COMPREHENSIBLE FOR THE COMPUTER
    USER EXPERIENCE

    ENCOMPASSES THE FUNCTIONAL COMPLETENESS

    HIGH USABILITY

    AESTHETIC APPEAL OF THE INTERACTIVE ARTIFACT

    SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO ONE’S LIFESTYLE


    HCI
    PRINCIPLES
    Despite its importance, good HCI design is generally
    difficult, mainly because it is a multiobjective task that
    involves simultaneous consideration of many things, such as
    the types of users, characteristics of the tasks, capabilities
    and cost of the devices, lack of objective or exact
    quantitative evaluation measures, and changing
    technologies, to name just a few.
    “Know Thy User”

    This principle simply states that the interaction


    and interface should cater to the needs and
    capabilities of the target user of the system in
    design.
    Understand the Task

    The term task refers to the job to be


    accomplished by the user through the use of the
    interactive system.

    Understanding the task at hand is closely related


    to the interaction modeling and user analysis.
    Humans are certainly more efficient in carrying
    out tasks that require less memory burden,

    Reduce Memory long or short term.

    Load Keeping the user’s short-term memory load


    light is of particular importance with regard to
    the interface’s role as a quick and easy
    guidance to the completion of the task.
    Strive for Consistency

    This applies to (a) both within an application and across


    different applications and (b) both the interaction model
    and interface implementation.
    Remind Users and Refresh Their
    Memory
    Any significant task will involve the use of memory, so another
    good strategy is to employ interfaces that give continuous
    reminders of important information and thereby refresh the
    user’s memory.
    Naturalness
    Naturalness refers to a trait that is reflective of various operations in
    our everyday life.

    For instance, a perfect HCI may one day be realized when a natural
    language–based conversational interface is possible, because this is
    the prevalent way that humans communicate.

    A natural or metaphoric interface (assuming that the metaphor is not


    contrived) will also have affordance, a property (or additional
    cues)that appeals to our innate perception and cognition, thus
    making it so intuitive that the interface would require almost no
    learning.
    SUMMARY
    In this chapter, We've introduced the field of HCI, namely its objective and
    importance. We also have reviewed some high level principles of HCI and
    presented some relevant examples. These principles are often based on or
    are just manifestations of deeper theories in cognitive science and
    ergonomics. However, they are transformed into more detailed and directly
    usable guidelines when put into actual practice for the specific purpose of
    designing an effective interface.

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