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The document discusses human-computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX) design. It defines HCI, the user interface, and UX, and covers topics like usability principles, factors affecting user experience, the design process, storyboarding, and modularity.

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HCI

The document discusses human-computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX) design. It defines HCI, the user interface, and UX, and covers topics like usability principles, factors affecting user experience, the design process, storyboarding, and modularity.

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- HCI is the study of the interaction between users and computers

o Goal: Minimizing the barrier between humans’ cognitive model and what they want
- UI is the point of communication between a computer and another entity
o Input: How a person communicates his needs to the computer
o Output: How the computer conveys results of its computation to the user

o Human factors: what people want and expect, physical limitations and abilities people
possess / what people find enjoyable and attractive.

o Machine factors: Technical x-tics and limitations of computer hardware and software

- UX refers to everything that affects a user’s interaction with a digital product


Criteria:
o Value
o Function
o Usability
o General impression
- A good design is a solution that serves the users and satisfies the client
o Does what user needs and wants
o Is natural to use
o Easy to understand
- Usability by Nielsen: a combination of factors which affect user’s interaction with a product or
system.
- Usability principles
o Provide good feedback including effective error messages
o Ensuring adequate response time
o Use understandable encoding techniques
o Ensure user always knows what he can and should do next
o Provide all necessary help
o Be consistent
- Factors affecting user experience
o Usability
o Accessibility
o Responsiveness
o Navigation
- Design process
o Requirement analysis
o Preliminary and detailed design
o Build and implementation
o Evaluation
o Validation
- Storyboarding is the use of graphical sketches and illustrations to convey important steps in a
scenario.
- Modularity is an approach used to design various products by breaking it down into separate or
independent parts.
o Benefits
 Easy to customize products
 Faster to market
 Cost efficiency

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