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CHAPTER 1:

Interaction Design Aim

× Reduce the Negative Aspects


× Enhancing the Positive Aspects
× Developing interactive products that are
 Easy
 Effective
 Pleasurable to use

Good and Poor Design

A Good User Interface


Is interaction design beyond HCI?

✘ Interaction Design

■ concerned with the theory,


research, and practice of designing
user experiences for all manner of
technologies, systems, and
products

✘ Human Computer Interaction

■ being “concerned with the design,


evaluation, and implementation
of interactive computing systems
for human use and with the study
of major phenomena surrounding
them”

Who Is Involved in Interaction Design?

1. DESIGNERS

They should know many different things about users,


technologies, and interactions between them
What Is Interaction Design?
they need to understand how people act and react to
 “ designing interactive products to support events
the way people communicate and interact
2. DEVELOPERS
in their everyday and working lives. “
 “it is about creating user experiences that Understand the business side, the technical side, the
enhance and augment the way people work, manufacturing side, and the marketing side.
communicate, and interact.” USER EXPERIENCE (UX)
What Is Interaction Design? ✘ central to interaction design
“designing spaces for human communication and ✘ how a product behaves and is used by people in
interaction” the real world
- Winograd
✘ how people feel about a product and their
“the art of facilitating interactions between humans pleasure and satisfaction when using it, looking at
through products and services” it, holding it, and opening or closing it.
- Saffer
“the why as well as the how of our daily interactions
using computers”
– Thackara
What do professionals do in the Interaction Design 3. Prototyping
business?
4. Evaluating.
✘ INTERACTION DESIGNERS
Accessibility
- people involved in the design of all the interactive
aspects of a product ✘ refers to the degree to which an interactive
product is accessible by as many people as
✘ USABILITY ENGINEERS
possible. A focus is on people with disabilities.
- people who focus on evaluating products, using
usability methods and principles There is a wide range of disabilities including:
✘ WEB DESIGNERS ✘ Color-blindness
- people who develop and create the visual design
of websites, such as layouts ✘ Dyslexia

What do professionals do in the Interaction Design ✘ Physical Impairment


business?
Usability is broken down into the following goals:
✘ INFORMATION ARCHITECTS
✘ effective to use (effectiveness)
- people who come up with ideas of how to plan
and structure interactive products ✘ efficient to use (efficiency)
✘ USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS (UX) ✘ safe to use (safety)
- people who do all the above but who may also
carry out field studies to inform the design of ✘ having good utility (utility)
products
✘ easy to learn (learnability)
USER EXPERIENCE (UX)
✘ easy to remember how to use (memorability).
One Cannot Design A
User Experience

Only Design For A


User Experience

USER EXPERIENCE (UX)

✘ Usability

✘ Functionality

✘ Aesthetics

✘ Content

✘ Look and feel

✘ Sensual and Emotional appeal

✘ Fun

✘ Health

✘ Social capital

✘ Cultural Identity

The Process of Interaction Design

The process of interaction design involves four basic


activities:

1. Establishing requirements

2. Designing alternatives

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