Human-Computer Interaction 3e Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale
extra material, case studies etc.
overview
Extra material to extend and support the book.
more coming ...
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Spitfire
or not a Spitfire?- see page 49. Design Focus: Human error and false memories
Well it did seem such a good story we told in the second edition,
the Spitfire with a confusing ejector seat button ... but unfortunately
not quite accurate!
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the
strange story of Draken Sierra 44
- This is the full story of the ill fated Draken and its drop tanks.
Courtesy Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro.
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as
others see - colour blindness
- basic facts about colour blindness ... and how the e3 site
looks to the colour blind
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Moore's
law
- see box page 115. Computer speeds and capacities are increasing
exponentially - what does this mean for the user and where is
it leading us?
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Cultural
probes - methods to study new environments
- see page 200. Design Focus: Cultural probes
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Cybernetic Understanding of Fitts' Law
- Fitts' Law is perhaps the most commonly known 'law' of psychology
used in HCI, but why is it true and what are its limitations?
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- see page 200. How to choose the best trade-off between menu breadth and dpeth, and why Miller's 7+/-2 is not the way to do it.
case studies
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Hermes
- electronic doorplates
- see page 86. Design Focus: Hermes a situated display
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Absolutely
crackers!
- see page 157, Section 3.9.2 designing experience
The design of virtual crackers and why they work
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HCI
book search - designing value
- see page 160. Section 3.9.4 Managing value
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Digitising
Hospital da Trofa
- see page 468. Design Focus: tomorrow's hospital - using participatory
design
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Car courtesy lights - designing incidental interaction
- see page 655. Design Focus: Designing a car courtesy light
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SPAM
- coordination in residential care using SMS
- see page 673. Design Focus: SMS in action
- Ambient Wood
- see page 723. Design Focus: ambient wood - augmenting the physical
A rich learning experience in a technologically enhanced wood
in Sussex.
- Arts and technology meet
- see page 726. Design Focus: Exploring intimate computing in the arts
How interactive technology can be used in the arts and how arts installations and performances can teach us about interaction.
- Mack Room - visiting together ... but not together
- see page 732. Design Focus: Shared experience
How mixed reality allows people to share a gallery visit even when they are not all there.
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Excel
mode error
- a real example of closure, modes and design
scenarios
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Nuclear
Reactor
- used in exercises 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 8.3, 16.5, 17.9
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Mobile
Phone
- used in exercises 15.6, 16.6, 17.8
how e3 home page appears to yellow-green colour blind users
Hermes door display
cultural probe pack
something strange
in Ambient Wood