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  1-10 of 26 Reviews about "Theory And Methods (H.5.2...)": Date Reviewed
  The handbook of formal methods in human-computer interaction
Weyers B., Bowen J., Dix A., Palanque P., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 575 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-319518-37-4)

Human-computer interaction (HCI), as a discipline, is overwhelmingly experimental. One quick look at the proceedings of CHI [1,2], the leading conference in the domain, will make this clear: almost all papers report on carefully crafte...

Jan 22 2018
  Investigating the role of user engagement in digital reading environments
O’Brien H., Freund L., Kopak R.  CHIIR 2016 (Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, Carrboro, NC, Mar 13-17, 2016) 71-80, 2016.  Type: Proceedings

Long on measurement and short on consequence, this study searches for a relationship between user engagement and reading comprehension. Finding meager links, the authors report that the study adds “further evidence that the r...

Jun 30 2016
  Foundations for designing user-centered systems: what system designers need to know about people
Ritter F., Baxter G., Churchill E., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, London, UK, 2014. 442 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-447151-33-3)

This book is about understanding people in order to design better interactive devices. It is addressed to designers of modern technological systems....

Aug 28 2014
  Handbook of human centric visualization
Huang W., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2013. 768 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-461474-84-5)

This is an apparently heterogeneous-by-design anthology of seven parts, each having at least one brilliantly magnificent chapter that should appear in every subsequent edition, and most having at least one mundane chapter that may have...

Jan 31 2014
  Measuring multitasking behavior with activity-based metrics
Benbunan-Fich R., Adler R., Mavlanova T. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 18(2): 1-22, 2011.  Type: Article

Understanding and adapting digital devices to human multitasking is essential to their design and development. The authors aim to provide a set of objective metrics for multitasking behavior based on a comprehensive definition of multi...

Dec 9 2011
  Toward a unified theory of the multitasking continuum: from concurrent performance to task switching, interruption, and resumption
Salvucci D., Taatgen N., Borst J.  CHI 2009 (Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Boston, MA, Apr 4-9, 2009) 1819-1828, 2009.  Type: Proceedings

Salvucci, Taatgen, and Borst describe an ongoing effort to create a computational model that accurately emulates how people handle multitasking and task switching....

Apr 14 2010
  Designing for inquisitive use
Dalsgaard P.  Designing interactive systems (Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Cape Town, South Africa, Feb 25-27, 2008) 21-30, 2008.  Type: Proceedings

This paper is a largely theoretical discussion of design considerations in the building of what Dalsgaard terms “experience-oriented interactive systems that inspire inquisitive use.”...

Sep 5 2008
  The effects of Web site aesthetics and shopping task on consumer online purchasing behavior
Cai S., Xu Y., Yu J.  Human factors in computing systems (Proceeding of the Twenty-sixth Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, Florence, Italy, Apr 5-10, 2008) 3477-3482, 2008.  Type: Proceedings

In recent years, the Internet has emerged as a potent shopping channel. Furthermore, Internet shopping outlets are also becoming entertainment and stimulation centers. In this context, we are interested in two main questions regarding ...

Jun 19 2008
  Storyboarding: an empirical determination of best practices and effective guidelines
Truong K., Hayes G., Abowd G.  Designing interactive systems (Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, University Park, PA, Jun 26-28, 2006) 12-21, 2006.  Type: Proceedings

This interesting paper attempts to describe important elements of storyboarding, as applied to interactive media design. Although the paper contains a great deal of information that can be helpful to interactive design instructors and ...

Oct 2 2006
  April in Paris: Signs of Artificial Life along the Seine
Braun C. IEEE MultiMedia 12(3): 14-18, 2005.  Type: Article

I had high hopes for this article. The lead paragraphs, about a novel being written in real-time by a software program using input from passersby with cellular phones, sounded intriguing. The editor’s introduction also made m...

Nov 23 2005
 
 
 
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