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HCI
HCI
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3 Components of HCI
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The Goals of HCI
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The Goals of HCI
Safety:
Safety of Users—think of
▻ Air traffic control
▻ Hospital intensive care
Safety of Data—think of
▻ Protection of files from tampering
▻ Privacy and security
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The Goals of HCI
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The Goals of HCI
Efficiency:
A measure of how quickly users can accomplish their
goals or finish their work using the system
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The Goals of HCI
Usability:
a measure of the ease with which a system can be
learned and used, its safety, effectiveness and
efficiency, and attitude of its users towards it” (Preece
et al., 1994)
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The Goals of HCI
Why is Usability
Important?
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The Goals of HCI
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The Goals of HCI
Useful
The system support user objectives
Usable
It support these objectives in easy-to-use ways
Accessible
It can be used by the full range of intended users
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History of HCI
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History of HCI
Typewriter (1868)
The first typewriter was introduced to the United States in 1868 by Christopher
Latham Sholes.
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History of HCI
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History of HCI
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History of HCI
ENIAC (1943)
The world's first all electronic numerical integrator and computer.
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History of HCI
Sketchpad (1963)
Was a computer program written by Ivan Sutherland in 1963 in the course of his
PhD thesis.
It is considered to be the
ancestor of modern computer-
aided design (CAD) programs as
well as a major breakthrough in
the development of computer
graphics in general.
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Histoy of HCI
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QUESTIONS?
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