Creating User Interfaces More presentations. Websites for regular & mobile devices News Handheld functions. Class: plan project. Homework: Work on handheld project.

General assessment on User Observation studies Good work and good presentations –Used terms/concepts (jargon, expectations, screen real estate, icons, experience, etc.) –Focused on site and tasks. Got beyond your expectations on how subjects would perform Write-ups –Good as complete study of work –BAD as crisp, professional (I did this..) writing DO look at abstracts (scholar.google.com) Do practice formal writing

Two distinct but related situations Web sites that detect client hardware Web sites for downloading to hand held Including –Coordination of [ipod] broadcast –Synchronization of schedules

News paper / news readers [Regular] computer Hand held

Aside This is something apart from issue of viability of print newspapers, relating to multiple issues –Revenue stream from advertisements, especially classified ads membership/subscription model –Market for general news versus filtered news (old term was 'push') –Generation of news from professional journalists, editors versus bloggers with various backgrounds

Hand held products Individual functions plus combinations Phone (phone plus carrier) –Voice –Text –Picture & video Personal Digital Assistant (maintain calendar, notes) (PDA plus carrier) – , sharing Digital camera –Still and video Audio player GPS (geographical positioning system)

General plan Decide as class on set of tasks/tests/activities/questions Apply to various products –Each team (4?) have 1 to 3 devices and do same tests. –Combine data –Make rankings? Note: computer information systems are hardware/software/people/procedures. A device may have a function that is not well-used….

How to analyse / rate Should each team take 2-3 products (overlap?) Compare across multiple functions Compare for one main function –Phone –Music –Camera –PDA? –GPS?

Assessment Evaluate effectiveness & efficiency & satisfaction –Do the functions work? Do you use all/many/most functions E.g., modes for camera; groups for phone –Are they easy to learn and how easy to do (without manual or on-line help or, for complex ones, with help) –Cost/benefit: do more expensive products in the product group provide more functionality? –?

Assessment, continued The team needs to come up with the attributes to measure and the metrics (measuring scheme).

Task & Presentation I want Research (product reviews) and scholarly articles PLUS The team's own assessment based on your experience and observation of others –Will work best if you own the products within your group I also want Charts with pictures of screens, diagrams, results

Classwork/Homework Decide on teams: 2-4??? –Common tasks? Decide overall approach –Combinations versus base functions? –Product sets Advance notice: Do go to Advance notice: uploaded guide to Final. May still make changes.