Human-Computer Interaction : Interact '95

This book provides one of the best currently available overviews of human-computer interaction across different cultures, disciplines and countries. It contains the selected proceedings of Interact '95 - the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - arranged by the International Federation for Information Processing and held in Lillehammer, Norway, in June 1995. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Getting Usability Used....Pages 3-12 Communication Patterns in Teleworking....Pages 13-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 The Economics of Interface Development....Pages 19-25 Cinematography and Interface Design....Pages 26-31 The Interplay Between Cognitive and Organizational Factors in Software Development....Pages 32-37 Designing Environmental Sounds Based on the Results of Interaction Between Objects in the Real World....Pages 38-42 The Sonic Enhancement of Graphical Buttons....Pages 43-48 Earcons and Icons: An Experimental Study....Pages 49-54 Displays as Data Structures: Entity-Relationship Models of Information Artefacts....Pages 55-60 Perceptions of Design Rationale....Pages 61-66 How Many Novices Does it Take to Match Three Expert Designers? Lessons from an Exercise in Parallel Design....Pages 67-72 Gedrics: The Next Generation of Icons....Pages 73-78 Distributable Interactive Objects....Pages 79-84 Constraint-Based Definition of Application-Specific Graphics....Pages 85-90 Separating User and Device Descriptions for Modelling Interactive Problem Solving....Pages 91-96 Task Orientation in User Interface design....Pages 97-102 “To Say and to Do” Virtual Actions in the Structure and Recognition of Discourse Plans With Regard to Practical Plans....Pages 103-108 Exploring User Effort Involved in Using History Tools Through MHP/GOMS: Results and Experiences....Pages 109-114 Four Easy Pieces for Assessing the Usability of Multimodal Interaction: The Care Properties....Pages 115-120 Whizz’ed: A Visual Environment for Building Highly Interactive Software....Pages 121-126 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Decision Theory and Safety-Critical Interfaces....Pages 127-132 An Empirical Study of Software Reuse by Experts in Object-Oriented Design....Pages 133-138 Programming Plans, Imagery, and Visual Programming....Pages 139-144 Learning graphical programming: An evaluation of KidSimTM....Pages 145-150 To Repeat or Not to Repeat: Face-Ing the Facts....Pages 151-156 A Multimodal User Interface System with Force Feedback and Physical Models....Pages 157-162 Multimodal User Interface System for Blind and “Visually Occupied” users: Ergonomic Evaluation of the Haptic and Auditive Dimensions....Pages 163-168 The Myth of the Separable Dialogue: Software Engineering vs. User Models....Pages 169-172 Interface Design: Have we got it wrong?....Pages 173-178 Prototyping Considered Dangerous....Pages 179-184 Solving Arbitrary Expressions of Graphical Constraints....Pages 185-190 Verification of an Interactive Software by Analysis of its Formal Specification....Pages 191-196 A Data Centred Framework for User-Centred Design....Pages 197-202 Computational Advice and Explanations - Behavioural and Computational Aspects....Pages 203-206 Designing Query Support for Multiple Databases....Pages 207-212 Documentation as Part of Design: Exploratory Field Studies....Pages 213-218 An Empirical Study in Using Linked Documentation to Assist Software Maintenance....Pages 219-224 An Experimental Study of a Gestalt Based Database for Mug Shots....Pages 225-230 Suspect Identification: Traditional Mugshot Album Versus Computerized Feature System....Pages 231-236 An Alternative Interface for Multimedia Service Stations....Pages 237-240 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Searching without a Keyboard in a Multimedia Environment....Pages 241-246 Ubiquitous Mail: Speech and Graphical User Interfaces to an Integrated Voice/E-Mail Mailbox....Pages 247-252 Interactive Net-Services on the WWW....Pages 253-258 Encouraging Exploratory Learning of a User Interface....Pages 259-264 VCR-As-Paradigm: a Study and Taxonomy of Errors in an Interactive Task....Pages 265-270 Satisfying User Needs Through a Combination of Interface Design Techniques....Pages 271-276 Understanding Collaborative Authoring in Shared Workspaces....Pages 277-282 A Requirements Space for Group-Work Systems....Pages 283-288 Design and Evaluation of Majic Videoconferencing System....Pages 289-294 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Expose HCI-counseling for User Interface Design....Pages 297-304 IDA - A Design Environment for Ergonomic User Interfaces....Pages 305-310 Accessing Guidelines Information with Sierra....Pages 311-316 Front Matter....Pages 317-317 From OOA to GUI — The Janus System....Pages 319-324 Generation of User Interfaces Using Formal Specification....Pages 325-330 Computer-Aided Window Identification in Trident....Pages 331-336 Front Matter....Pages 337-337 Reflections on the Design of Interface Metaphors....Pages 339-345 Evaluating a Multimedia History System as Support for Collaborative Design....Pages 346-353 An Approach to Hypertext-Based Requirements Specification and its Application....Pages 354-357 Design of Coordinated Interfaces for Real-Time Decision Making in Hierachical Structures....Pages 358-361 Dynamic Forms: An Enhanced Interaction Abstraction Based on Forms....Pages 362-367 Front Matter....Pages 337-337 Cyberbase: The Man Machine Computer....Pages 368-371 Organizing Usability in the Corporation....Pages 372-375 Evaluating Design Specifications Using Heuristic Evaluation....Pages 376-379 Human Factors in Software Development - Current Practice Relating to User Centred Design in the UK....Pages 380-383 Delivering Competitive Edge....Pages 384-385 DynaDesigner: A Tool for Rapid Creation of Device-Independent Interactive Services....Pages 386-389 Audio Annotation of Electronic Texts....Pages 390-393 An Adaptable User Interface to a Multimedia Telecommunications Conversation Service for People with Disabilities....Pages 394-397 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Designing an Interface in an Educational Context: First Steps to a Principled Approach....Pages 401-404 The Effect of a Teacher-Designed Assessment Tool on an Instructor’s Cognitive Activity....Pages 405-409 Educational Applications Of Adaptive Hypermedia....Pages 410-414 Making claims about teaching systems....Pages 415-418 HCI Curricula: What is Being Taught on Computing Courses in the UK....Pages 419-422 Advanced Interaction in University Based Education....Pages 423-426 The Usefulness of an HCI Syllabus....Pages 427-430 Back Matter....Pages 431-436