1. Week: 10 Human-Computer Interaction
Waseem Iqbal
Assistant Professor
PhD-Scholar (Adaptive Interface for Mobile Devices in User’s Context)

2. Acknowlwdgement
Dr. Ibrar Hussain (Assistant Professor / HEC Approved Supervisor)
PhD. in Computer Science
Pervasive Computing Research Lab, Zhejiang University, China.
Carried out 6 months collaborative research work with HCI & SE group at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
Human Computer Interaction (Book)
3rd Edition by Alan Dix

3. what does it mean in UI design?
Think about dialogue
what does it mean in UI design?
Minister: do you name take this woman …
Man: I do
Minister: do you name take this man …
Woman: I do
Minister: I now pronounce you man and wife

4. what does it mean in UI design?
Think about dialogue
what does it mean in UI design?
marriage service
general flow, generic – blanks for names
pattern of interaction between people
computer dialogue
pattern of interaction between users and system
but details differ each time
Minister: do you name take this woman …

5. network diagrams main screen remove user confirm add user
show different paths through system

6. network diagrams ctd. what leads to what what happens when
including branches
more task oriented then hierarchy
main
screen
remove
user
confirm
add user

7. between applications and beyond ...
wider still
between applications
and beyond ...

8. wider still … style issues: functional issues navigation issues
platform standards, consistency
functional issues
cut and paste
navigation issues
embedded applications
links to other apps … the web

10. screen design and layout
Dix , Alan
Finlay, Janet
Abowd, Gregory
Beale, Russell 
screen design and layout
basic principles
grouping, structure, order
alignment
use of white space
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

11. ask think design basic principles what is the user doing?
what information, comparisons, order
design
form follows function

12. available tools grouping of items order of items
decoration - fonts, boxes etc.
alignment of items
white space between items

13. grouping and structure
logically together  physically together
Billing details:
Name
Address: …
Credit card no
Delivery details:
Delivery time
Order details:
item quantity cost/item cost
size 10 screws (boxes)
…… … … …

14. order of groups and items
think! - what is natural order
should match screen order!
use boxes, space etc.
set up tabbing/labeling right!
instructions
beware the cake recipie syndrome/condition! … mix milk and flour, add the fruit after beating them

15. decoration ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
use boxes to group logical items
use fonts for emphasis, headings
but not too many!!
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

16. alignment - text boring but readable!
you read from left to right (English and European)
 align left hand side
boring but
readable!
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Winston Churchill - A Biography
Wizard of Oz
Xena - Warrior Princess
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Winston Churchill - A Biography
Wizard of Oz
Xena - Warrior Princess
fine for special effects but hard to scan

17.    alignment - names Usually scanning for surnames  make it easy!
Alan Dix
Janet Finlay
Gregory Abowd
Russell Beale
Dix , Alan
Finlay, Janet
Abowd, Gregory
Beale, Russell 
Alan Dix
Janet Finlay
Gregory Abowd
Russell Beale

18. alignment - numbers
think purpose!
which is biggest?

19. alignment - numbers
visually:
long number = big number
align decimal points
or right align integers

20. multiple columns
scanning across gaps hard: (often hard to avoid with large data base fields)
sherbert 75 toffee 120 chocolate 35 fruit gums 27 coconut dreams 85

21. multiple columns - 2
use leaders
sherbert 75 toffee 120 chocolate 35 fruit gums 27 coconut dreams 85

22. multiple columns - 3
or greying (vertical too)
sherbert 75 toffee 120 chocolate 35 fruit gums 27 coconut dreams 85

23. multiple columns - 4
or even (with care!) ‘bad’ alignment
sherbert 75 toffee 120 chocolate 35 fruit gums 27 coconut dreams 85

24. white space - the counter
WHAT YOU SEE
THE GAPS BETWEEN

25. space to separate

26. space to structure

27. space to highlight

28. physical controls grouping of items defrost settings type of food
time to cook
defrost settings
type of food
time to cook

29. physical controls grouping of items order of items type of heating
temperature
time to cook
start 1
1) type of heating 2
2) temperature 3
3) time to cook 4
4) start

30. physical controls grouping of items order of items decoration
different colours for different functions
lines around related buttons
different colours for different functions
lines around related buttons (temp up/down)

31. physical controls grouping of items order of items decoration
alignment
centered text in buttons ? easy to scan ?
centred text in buttons
? easy to scan ?

32. physical controls grouping of items order of items decoration
alignment
white space
gaps to aid grouping
gaps to aid grouping