object modeling and user interface design

... interaction, and we call the system an interactive system. I. Concept of User Interface • The interaction with the computer takes place through the user interface. – In a standard PC, the user interface ... across them. – The user interacts indirectly with them through the user interface to the computer. Design of user interfaces • In principle, it is easy to make a user interface. • You just ... – make it possible for the user to see and change all data in the system, and – allow him to send any command across the technical interfaces. Design of user interfaces: Example • Assume

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 07:20

... Apress Not only are there more and better apps but there are many more experienced, truly creative developers and designers And since interface design and usability become more important... ... of user interface design, ... interface design and usability become more important as differentiating factors for the most successful apps, we’re featuring some of the most creative designers ... produce efficient and bug-free code, design usable and attractive interfaces, and push the limits of the technology Dave’s common-man touch, tell-itlike-it-is sense of reality, and delight at

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 08:20

... about user design and analysis terms as well as user analysis trends One of those trends is to design current and future interfaces to be as accessible as possible to reach the most users ... guidelines and regulations of which you should be aware before you design your user interface Computing... employ a consistent user interface, and the appearance of that interface ... Therefore,when you design a user interface, you have to understand how the interface works in the operating system for which you’re designing it. If you’re going to write a software interface for

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... interfaces, the command-line interface (CLI), and the graphical user interface (GUI) You learned the differences in these three interface models, and various types of hardware user interface ... GoalDirected Design Process and applying it to your interface design in Chapter 5, “How Users Behave.” Testing... your users react to your user interface so you learn what’s wrong and what’s ... the capability for users to have always-on Internet broadband connections (such as cable and DSL),Web formatting and design restrictions are beginning to affect user interface design. Web technologies

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... applying interface principles and patterns that adhere to these good design principles in Chapter 7,“Designing a User Interface. ” Are Designers Against Users? Designers and users have ... business case for good user interface design, usability design, and usability testing You learned how... four goals of good design as you create the user interface design is what you ... a set of interface- or site-specific standards and conventions that will apply to the design of the product. 2. Design standards prototyping —The project team applies the interface standards to

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... Note that good design goals for your product and your 110 Chapter 4 [...]... learned about good user design and what it takes to build both a good user interface and good user documentation, ... about good design goals. You must implement four good design goals into any user interface: to implement ethi- cal, purposeful, pragmatic, and elegant designs. The benefits of user design include ... primary reasons for good user interface design: good design saves you and your team time and your company money, convinces prospective customers to use your product, and keeps your exist- ing

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 ... intermedi- ate level of 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. ... of user actions and user misunderstandings and misinterpretations and how and why they happen. It also covered how personality types identified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can affect users’

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... step-by-step approach to understanding the process and your users and has included the following topics: • Learning the issues related to user interface design (Chapter 2,“Con- cepts and Issues”) • Making ... necessary to create good design (Chapter 4, “Good Design? ??) • Obtaining information about and understanding your users (Chapters 5,“How Users Behave,” and 6,“Analyzing Your Users”) 163 Now that you’ve ... pier user experience. To help meet the goal of user interface design that is more human, you need to adhere to design imperatives by following principles and patterns of inter- action and interface

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... of finding information quickly, and the use of assistants and wizards to help get users up to speed and performing tasks more quickly and easily. Designing a User Interface 195 The chapter ended ... for users who use a program for long periods of time. Sovereign postures include a number of tools in the user interface so that users can manipulate objects and controls. A discussion about interface ... will understand what you want users to see in your interface. Interaction design was covered next. You learned about how to apply design principles and patterns to the four good design imperatives

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... Web browser What are the three user interface model eras? Batch interfaces, the command-line interface, and the graphical user interface Why is Web design still a significant challenge? ... site visit (Hackos and Redish, 1998): • Plan ahead. Understand the site visit issues and objectives. • Select users to represent the diversity in the user group. • Treat the users as partners. ... Analyzing and Presenting Usability Test Results After you design your software, hardware, or Web user interface, it’s time to put your interface to the test by letting users preview it and provide

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... (graphical user interface) , 30-32 security interfaces, 34-36 tactile interfaces, 36 telephone user interfaces, 37 touch interfaces, 36 TUI (text user interface) , 30-31 types of, 27-28 Web interfaces, ... 241 design myths (Web sites), 202-203 design team, 228 design, testing, and development phase (UEL), 73-75 design See Goal-Directed Design Process; user interface design designers ... resolve conflicts and constraints before you start the design process? Because the result will be a better interface design that will better serve the users. 2. Why does a user interface need to

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... A 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 ... 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 ... expecting a command-line interface. How many users do you need to test your interface on? The scientific approach seems like it would be "the more, the better." If testing on five users is

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. 20 Chapter 4: Affordances and Metaphors Overview Developing a user ... rounded handles that just make you want to pull them. They even imply how they want you to place your hand on the handle. The handle affords pulling. It makes you want to pull it. Other objects ... 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

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 ... good UI design, but it's really just a corollary of the axiom "make the program model match the user model," because the user model is likely to reflect the way that users see ... Now, there's a lot to be gained by having a slick, cool-looking user interface. Good graphic design like Kai is pleasing and will attract people to your program. The trick is to do it without

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 ... 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 ... command. Interface designers of the Middle Command Line Era eventually realized that people didn't want to sit with a manual in their lap to get things done. They created question -and- answer

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 00:21

... face Evaluate design with end-users Analyse and understand user activities ©Ian Sommerville 2004 Software Engineering, 7th edition. Chapter 16 Slide 35 User analysis  If you don’t understand what the users ... 16 Slide 1 User interface design ©Ian Sommerville 2004 Software Engineering, 7th edition. Chapter 16 Slide 2 Objectives  To suggest some general design principles for user interface design  To ... UI design process  UI design is an iterative process involving close liaisons between users and designers.  The 3 core activities in this process are: • User analysis. Understand what the users...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2012, 11:27

... information on user interface design, none contains specific descriptions of how a designer transforms the information gathered about users and their work into an effective user interface design. This ... dedicated room used for interface design. User requests (capabilities they would like) and user objects (those objects mentioned in descriptions of their work) are extracted from user task analyses. ... “system-centered” to user- centered” design methods (Norman and Draper, 1986). The Star and related GUI systems introduced new hardware resources and components, while the user- centered design orientation...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:33

... to User Interface Design has been the impact of the World Wide Web on interface and screen design. This new edition incorporates an extensive com- pilation of Web interface design guidelines, and ... process. ■■ Understand the rationale and rules for an effective interface design methodology. ■■ Identify the components of graphical and Web interfaces and screens, including windows, menus, and controls. ■■ Design ... clear, easy-to-understand -and- use interfaces and screens for graphical and Web systems. It is the eighth in a long series of books by the author addressing screen and interface design. Over the past...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 22:20

... A 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 ... interpret their actions. The interface needs to behave in the way they expect it to behave. Thus, the cardinal axiom of all user interface design: A user interface is well designed when the program ... level we think we're designing for users, but no matter how hard we try, we're designing for who we think the user is, and that means, sadly, that we're designing for ourselves....

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 15:41