User Interface Strategies (UIS) 1988

1) Motivation(14:05)     MPG (170 Mb)    You Tube

• Use of Computers in Life critical systems
• Need for high volume commercial systems
• Used by diverse population with limited training
• Opportunity to enhance human intellect

2) Serving the User(3:59)    MPG (279MB)    You Tube

• Task suitable functionality
• Security, reliability, availability
• Standardization, portability, Integration
• Speed: Response time and display rate
• Input devices and strategies
• Menus, forms and commands
• Natural language and direct manipulation
• Output devices and formats

     We can measure

• subjective satisfaction
• Time to learn
• Speed of performance
• rate of human errors
• human retention over time

3) Three Pillars(19:34)   MPG (1.33 GB)   You Tube

• Usability Lab and Iterative Testing
• User Interface Management Systems
• Guidelines Documents

4) Direct Manipulation(3:05)   MPG (23.07MB)    You Tube

• Visual representation of world action
• Rapid, incremental and reversible action
• Replace typing with pointing/selecting
• Immediate visibility of results of actions
• Benefits
• Concerns

5) Limitations of Natural Language Interaction(3:04)   MPG (0.1875MB)   You Tube

• Reducing syntactic load is not enough
• Computer and task semantics are hard part
• Syntactic and Semantic scopes are not visible

6) Advanced Workstation concepts(2:13)   MPG (16.2MB)    You Tube

• Potential productivity boosters
• Cooperation & Collaboration across workstations

7) Multiple window strategies(3:59)   MPG (29.5MB)    You Tube

• Cluttered desktop
• Task related layouts
• Coordination strategies across windows

8) Adaptable Systems(00:50)   MPG (7MB)    You Tube

• Computer adjusts interface
• User controls interface features
• Potential Items

9) Emerging Technologies(12:49)    MPG (22.4MB)     You Tube

• Digital photography
• Tele-operation
• Collaboration
• 3-D Typing
• Home Automation
• Demo

Questions? E-mail: hcil-info@cs.umd.edu