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This study of 'Human Behaviour' explores different channels of HCI and in identifying 'what actually makes an effective interface' exploration into different types of interfaces was required.
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Contents Summary.................................................................................................................. 1 Design Brief................................................................................... 3 Requirements........................................................................................................... 3 Performance Requirements.......................................................... 3 Specification.................................................................................. 4 Designing an effective Interface........................................................... 4 Understanding Input Devices - THE KEYBOARD.................................. 5 Understanding - THE DISPLAY........................................................ 5 Layout................................................................................. 6 Graphical User Interface........................................................... 6 Training....................................................................................... 7 Prototype Review - STAGE 1............................................................ 7 Summary of Results.................................................................. 8 Refinements.......................................................................... 8 Prototype Review - STAGE 2............................................................ 9 Observations......................................................................... 9 User Feedback........................................................................ 9 Summary of Results.................................................................. 9 Evaluation....................................................................................10 Literature Review........................................................................... Bibliography................................................................................. Appendices................................................................................... Summary The 'Mars Explorer' robot was a prototype user interface which aimed to extract the behaviour of human individuals. In creating a simple design and testing to assess its effectiveness, a prototype was modelled that allowed a control function to be executed. The entire experiment was based upon testing the human user, understanding its capabilities and limitations, and adapting the design to improve cognition. The robot scenario provided the simple interface that allowed the testing of human understanding, showing how humans interact with computers and process knowledge. 'Human Computer Interaction' (HCI) in its simplest form, concentrates on creating effective, usable and efficient interfaces for humans to work with and computers to respond to. It is this notion of 'effective' that I concentrated...
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