UserInterfaceAnalysisandDesign.pptVIP

Chapter 12User Interface Analysis and Design Introduction Golden rules of user interface design Reconciling four different models User interface analysis User interface design User interface evaluation Example user interfaces Introduction Background Interface design focuses on the following The design of interfaces between software components The design of interfaces between the software and other nonhuman producers and consumers of information The design of the interface between a human and the computer Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have helped to eliminate many of the most horrific interface problems However, some are still difficult to learn, hard to use, confusing, counterintuitive, unforgiving, and frustrating User interface analysis and design has to do with the study of people and how they relate to technology A Spiral Process User interface development follows a spiral process Interface analysis (user, task, and environment analysis) Focuses on the profile of the users who will interact with the system Concentrates on users, tasks, content and work environment Studies different models of system function (as perceived from the outside) Delineates the human- and computer-oriented tasks that are required to achieve system function Interface design Defines a set of interface objects and actions (and their screen representations) that enable a user to perform all defined tasks in a manner that meets every usability goal defined for the system Interface construction Begins with a prototype that enables usage scenarios to be evaluated Continues with development tools to complete the construction Interface validation, focuses on The ability of the interface to implement every user task correctly, to accommodate all task variations, and to achieve all general user requirements The degree to which the interface is easy to use and easy to learn The users acceptance of the interface as a useful tool in their work The Golden Rules of User Interfa