Chap-02 The Computer HCI 3rd edition by Dix Finly Abowd Beale.pptVIP

chapter 2 the computer The Computer a computer system is made up of various elements each of these elements affects the interaction input devices – text entry and pointing output devices – screen smalllarge , digital paper virtual reality – special interaction and display devices physical interaction – e.g. sound, haptic, bio-sensing paper – as output print and input scan memory – RAM permanent media, capacity access processing – speed of processing, networks Interacting with computers to understand human–computer interaction … need to understand computers! A ‘typical’ computer system screen, or monitor, on which there are windows keyboard mouse/trackpad variations desktop laptop PDA the devices dictate the styles of interaction that the system supports If we use different devices, then the interface will support a different style of interaction How many … computers in your house? hands up, … … none, 1, 2 , 3, more!! computers in your pockets? How many computers … in your house? PC TV, VCR, DVD, HiFi, cable/satellite TV microwave, cooker, washing machine central heating security system can you think of more? in your pockets? PDA phone, camera smart card, card with magnetic strip? electronic car key USB memory try your pockets and bags Interactivity? Long ago in a galaxy far away … batch processing punched card stacks or large data files prepared long wait …. line printer output … and if it is not right … Now most computing is interactive rapid feedback the user in control most of the time doing rather than thinking … Is faster always better? Richer interaction text entry devices keyboards QWERTY et al. chord keyboards, phone pads handwriting, speech Keyboards Most common text input device Allows rapid entry of text by experienced users Keypress closes connection, causing a character code to be sent Usually connected by cable, but can be wireless layout – QWERTY Standardised layout but … non-alphanumeric keys are placed differently accent