User Interface Design for Electronic Appliances

Baumann, Konrad; Thomas, Bruce

doi:10.4324/9780203471333

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“…Designers have codified this knowledge into a set of guidelines that can be used reliably for interface design [7,24]. Furthermore, our brains have dedicated areas for processing non-biological-motions, including those of artificial or mechanical origin [38,39].…”

Section: Mechanical Motionmentioning

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Kineticons

Harrison

Hsieh

Willis

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Icons in graphical user interfaces convey information in a mostly universal fashion that allows users to immediately interact with new applications, systems and devices. In this paper, we define Kineticons -an iconographic scheme based on motion. By motion, we mean geometric manipulations applied to a graphical element over time (e.g., scale, rotation, deformation). In contrast to static graphical icons and icons with animated graphics, kineticons do not alter the visual content or "pixel-space" of an element. Although kineticons are not new -indeed, they are seen in several popular systems -we formalize their scope and utility. One powerful quality is their ability to be applied to GUI elements of varying size and shape -from a something as small as a close button, to something as large as dialog box or even the entire desktop. This allows a suite of systemwide kinetic behaviors to be reused for a variety of uses. Part of our contribution is an initial kineticon vocabulary, which we evaluated in a 200 participant study. We conclude with discussion of our results and design recommendations.

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Section: Mechanical Motionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Kineticons

Harrison

Hsieh

Willis

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Despite the promising scientific results, it will still take several years before the technology is sufficiently reliable under noisy, poorly lit conditions to be a viable replacement for tactile interfaces [6]. For harsh environments, the more suitable approach is to design simple, robust and specialized user interfaces (UI) for specific tasks, and to combine them task-dependently to permanent or transitory assemblies [8]. Specialized mobile devices for industrial applications are typical representatives of permanent assemblies.…”

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“…The input and output devices are attached to the user's body by a belt or strap, or are completely integrated into a garment. Such an arrangement of body-worn, networked and exchangeable devices is referred as a wearable system [8].…”

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The influence of the spatial separation of control elements on the workload for mobile information systems

Ziegler¹,

Graube²,

Suhrbier

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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Mobile information systems (MIS) are finding their way into private and business every-day activities. There are also increased attempts to establish MIS for on-site activities in industrial facilities. Industrial environments, however, place significantly higher demands on mobile user interfaces than office or home environments. Common interaction styles are often unsuitable for this domain. MIS comprising specialized configurations like wearable systems might overcome current limitations. Wearable systems make it possible to arrange system components in the immediate environment of the user's body in order to create an ergonomic and intuitive user interface. However, the use of distributed, body-worn user interfaces, and in particular separation of input and output devices, might increase the workload for the user. This study examines the extent to which the separation of input and output devices affects the workload for wearable MIS. Three interaction styles in two different configurations are investigated with four different measures to determine the workload covering both objective and subjective indicators. This investigation shows that there is no significant increase of workload in general. However, the measurement of the heart rate variability revealed subtle but significant differences between the two configurations, particularly for one interaction style. These findings indicate that physiological measures can provide more detailed and subtle information about additional workload and its source than other measures.

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Mapping of user interfaces on electronic appliances

Lee¹,

Tsai²

2007

Applied Ergonomics

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User Interface Design for Electronic Appliances

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The influence of the spatial separation of control elements on the workload for mobile information systems

Mapping of user interfaces on electronic appliances

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