Beyond the Desktop
Designing and Using Interaction Devices
Published on 11. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-0-12-069550-8 (ISBN)
Description
Dramatic changes are underway in the field of Human?Computer Interaction. Just as graphical-based user interfaces replaced the text-base user interfaces of the 1980s, changes are being seen in the range of devices which people can use to interact with computers. The new devices will reflect developments being made in technology, which suggest that computers are moving into domains other than the traditional office or workspace.
Beyond the Desktop examines current input devices and describes user performance with a range of devices and approaches. The final portion of the book considers the new challenges to HCI including changes in operating domain, issues of work related injury, the interaction between computing and work, and multimodal HCI. Babers aim is to provide his reader with a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in the design and use of interaction devices, and the benefits to be gained from developing a new generation of user-centered devices which allow computers to move beyond the desktop.
Beyond the Desktop examines current input devices and describes user performance with a range of devices and approaches. The final portion of the book considers the new challenges to HCI including changes in operating domain, issues of work related injury, the interaction between computing and work, and multimodal HCI. Babers aim is to provide his reader with a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in the design and use of interaction devices, and the benefits to be gained from developing a new generation of user-centered devices which allow computers to move beyond the desktop.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-069550-8 (9780120695508)
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Person
Christopher Baber Ph.D. lectures on Ergonomics at the University of Birmingham, UK, specializing in human?computer interaction and the design and deployment of new technology.
Content
Introduction: Interaction Devices not Input Devices. Developments in Human?Computer Interaction. Ways of Seeing Interaction Devices. On the Use of Tools. Towards a Theory of Tool Use. The Task-Artifact Cycle. ChapterOverviews. Part One: Interaction Devices: Keyboards: Alternatives to QWERTY. Standards for Keyboard Design. Other Forms of Keys. Other Types of Keyboard. Pointing Devices: Indirect Pointing Devices. Direct Pointing Devices. Virtual Controls. Device Comparisons. Alternative Interaction Devices: Interaction Devices for Portable Computers. Gesture at the Human?Computer Interface. Beyond Pointing Devices. Pen-Based Computing. Speech-Based Computing. Classifying Devices: Defining Generic Actions. Generic Actions and Widget-Level Design. Operational Characteristics of Interaction Devices. Performance Shaping Factors. Part Two: Using Interaction Devices: Modelling Device Use: Modelling in HCI Research. Three-StateDevice Description. Keystroke Level Models. Network Models. Cognitive Models. Modelling Human Error. Typing: Basic Elements of Typing Skills. The Timing of Typing. Typing Considered as Skilled Behaviour. Psychomotor Skills and Chord Keyboards. Typing with Limited Keyboards. Writing and Drawing: Using Writing Instruments. Planning and Handwriting. Planning and Drawing. Writing with Pen-Based Computer Systems. Drawing with Pen-Based Computer Systems. Computer Aided Design. Pointing: DirectManipulation. Pointing. Users Knowledge. Pointing as a Psychomotor Skill. Psychomotor Skills Research. Interaction Devices and Psychomotor Skills. Speaking: Speech as Sound. Levels of Control in Speech Production. Dialogue. Rules for Interaction. Errors and Speech Recognition Systems. Part Three: Advanced Topics: Devices for Restricted Environments: Restrictions of Movements. The Effects of Environmental Factors on Performance. Psychological Restrictions. Discussion. Physical Aspectsof Interaction Devices Use: Musculoskeletal Problems and Office Work. Work Related Upper Limb Disorder. Surveys of Computer Users. Keyboard Related Problems. Mouse Related Problems. Problems Associated with Other Devices. Interaction Devices and Work: Sociotechnical Systems. Organisational Computing. Multimodal HCI: Combining Tasks. Combining Speech with Other Activities. Multiple Resource Theory. References. Author Index. Subject Index.