Sunday, April 4, 2010

9th week - Interaction Design

Posted by MeL at 12:33 PM

This week we learned about Interaction Design..hmm..what does it mean by Interaction Design. Why don't we go trough some definition first to get some brief idea about the topic.


According to wikipedia:

Interaction design is the study of devices with which a user can interact, in particular computer users. The practice typically centers around "embedding information technology into the ambient social complexities of the physical world. It can also apply to other types of non-electronic products and services, and even organizations. Interaction design defines the behavior (the "interaction") of an artifact or system in response to its users. Malcolm McCullough has written, "As a consequence of pervasive computing, interaction design is poised to become one of the main liberal arts of the twenty-first century.

This definition of interaction from Dix et al. is representative of these texts, and the field:

By interaction we mean any communication between a user and computer, be it direct or indirect. Direct interaction involves a dialog with feedback and control throughout the performance of the task. Indirect interaction may involve background or batch processing. The important thing is that the user is interacting with the computer in order to accomplish something. (Dix et al., 1998, p. 3)

Interaction Design got related to the interactivity. Interactivity in a computer products means that the user, not the designer, controls the sequence, the pace, and most importantly, what to look at and what to ignore.

The following principles are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments or the web. Of late, many web applications have reflected a lack of understanding of many of these principles of interaction design, to their great detriment. Because an application or service appears on the web, the principles do not change. If anything, applying these principles become even more important.

Anticipation, Autonomy, Color Blindness, Consistency, Default, Efficiency of the user, Explorable interfaces and etc.

Go to AskTog site to get more info. Hope it will add some new knowledges to u guys..!!

 

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