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Hej, här kommer lite olika tips om hur man kan fördjupa sig i Human Factors-aspekter av gränssnittsdesign och ledsagning av ovana användare. Klicka på rutorna nedan för att komma vidare. Mvh /Cecilia B

CB: föreläsning Internetdagarna 24 nov 2020. Interaction Design Foundation Literature. 10 Rules of Good UI Design to Follow. How to Implement a Forgiving Format to Accommodate Users’ Mistakes. Cognition in UX design. Why do you close your eyes when trying to remember stuff?

Cognition in UX design

Attention is about selecting sensory stimuli (visual, sound, smell, etc.) while ignoring other stimuli — just like that apparent nonsense in the image above. We are talking about our most limited resource; so limited even gold fish has higher attention span than we do, so ux designers should care to deliver just the right amount of information a user needs. The attentional process is divided into two processes: Top-down Attention: when you are actively looking for something.

A driver lowering the radio is simply filtering out irrelevant stimuli, such as music, in order to focus on the visual stimulus he needs at the moment. From this you conclude that users are trying to satisfy specific needs most of the time, so it’s your duty to offer them exactly what they need without exhausting their attentional resources. Pro tip on attention: ask yourself what do your users need and if that feature X helps them achieve it.

Learn to Create Accessible Websites with the Principles of Universal Design. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort.” — Paul J. Meyer, premier international authority on goal setting, motivation, time management, and personal and professional development. Human-Machine Interaction Loop [DesignWIKI] The Human-Machine Interaction loop is a model of a single “interaction” between a user and a thing being used, and helps focus attention on all the HF aspects that must be attended to during design.

Human-Machine Interaction Loop [DesignWIKI]

What is an interaction loop? When a human interacts with any machine, there's a certain reliably repeating set of activities that happen. These activities can be modelled in various ways. Fig. 1: The human-machine interaction loop per Chapanis (1976). One classic model is that of Chapanis [Cha76], shown in figure 1.

In this model, both the human and the machine are represented, albeit only implicitly, by the same general three-part grouping: sensing, processing, and actuating. Bottom-up vs. top-down processing. Two views on Human Error. Understanding Human Error Part 1. Embrace 7 Principles of Universal Design for Better Website Design. People have been studying design for ages, but we rarely see much crossover in the design fields.

Embrace 7 Principles of Universal Design for Better Website Design

For example, using web design principles are not the only way to design websites. In fact, we web designers can learn a lot from other design approaches to create stronger, more inclusive experiences, on a strong foundation for lasting products. The most prominent example comes from a team of non-web designers at North Carolina State University, who laid down some truly universal concepts for good design. They called this series of concepts the 7 Principles of So why don’t we learn from them?

The Origins The term "Universal Design" was coined by Ronald Mace and a team of architects, product designers, and engineers in the 90’s. How To Teach Technology To Seniors. You’re never too old to learn something new, even if it’s technology.I n the ever-changing digital times, it’s difficult for seniors to learn how to use new devices on their own.

How To Teach Technology To Seniors

A study from Pew research found that 77% of older adults needed assistance when it came to learning how to use technology. In the last year they also found that social networking almost doubled for people over the age of 50, growing from 22 percent to 42 percent. With assistance in learning technology, it shows that adding technology to your loved one’s life will benefit their life immensely. What Does GDPR Mean For the Average Internet User? Have you cleaned out your email inbox after all those privacy policy update emails yet?

What Does GDPR Mean For the Average Internet User?

If you’re like us, your inbox was hammered with messages about new privacy policies over the last month. This is due in large part to the commencement of the General Data Protection Regulation that went into effect in the EU on May 25th. While this law is mainly focused on European citizens, its effects have been felt in the US and other countries as well. What do these new protections mean for the average consumer?

The GDPR Simplified with Checklist for Site Owners to Stay Compliant. The GDPR is now in effect.

The GDPR Simplified with Checklist for Site Owners to Stay Compliant

Learn about your rights as a user, and your responsibilities as a website owner, as of 25 May 2018. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in the works for over 4 years. So why, all of a sudden, is every business sending you an update to their privacy policy, or sending emails asking for your consent to have your data collected?

The short answer is that until 25 May 2018, these regulations were mere suggestions for how a business should operate their data collection policies. But now, they are enforceable by law. Much of what the new regulations require of businesses is very straightforward. AVHANDLINGAR.SE: Persons with functional difficulties as resources in ICT design processes. Att beställa användbara IT-system (PDF) The Design of Everyday Things - Donald A Norman - Häftad (9780465050659) Digitalt utanförskap : en forskningsöversikt. Digital arbetsmiljö, kartläggning (AV) Bildstöd.