1. Gary MarsdenSlide 1University of Cape Town Designing Usable Systems  This course should enable you to design and implement better user interfaces  We will look at case studies in –Web browsing –Cellular Telephones –VCR’s –Programming Languages

2. Gary MarsdenSlide 2University of Cape Town Why are you here?  Because I needed the credits 

3. Gary MarsdenSlide 3University of Cape Town Why am I here?  Because I’m paid to be here…

4. Gary MarsdenSlide 4University of Cape Town What do we know? –HTML –Tcl –Java –Graph Theory –State Transition Diagrams / Finite State Automata –State Charts (Harel)

5. Gary MarsdenSlide 5University of Cape Town Course Assessment  Two parts –Evaluation of usability Due soonish –Analysis of a gadget Presentation Analysis Simulation

6. Gary MarsdenSlide 6University of Cape Town Reading list  No set text –Handouts –P.O.E.T - Don Norman –State charts - best book is Ian Horrocks –My book

7. Gary MarsdenSlide 7University of Cape Town Course in a nutshell  Here are some assumptions I am working on, and will give you an idea where I am coming from –Gadgets and software are badly designed and everyone accepts this as normal* (Dilbert) –HCI does little to help programmers engineer usable systems –Most HCI is post disaster finger wagging and relies on there being an artefact to evaluate  This is a slight rant, but I am happy to discuss any point with you.