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There is ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction), but Ben Shneiderman made it a point to name his lab HCIL (Human Computer Interactio
by DonHopkins 3y ago
There is ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction), but Ben Shneiderman made it a point to name his lab HCIL (Human Computer Interaction Lab), to put Humans BEFORE Computers! ;)
The term "interface designer" has degenerated into describing people who are merely shallow cargo cult fashion oriented graphic designers, and never heard of nor care passionately about important topics like Fitts's Law, Hick's law, steering law, power law of practice, keystroke level model, GOMS model, human processor model, working memory, human factors, interaction design, direct manipulation, cognitive psychology, ergonomics, accessibility, anthropometry, ethnology, information architecture, user research, usability testing, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hick%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hick%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law_of_practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law_of_practice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke-level_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke-level_model
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/INST631/KSM.pdf https://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/INST631/KSM.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_processor_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_processor_model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1983Human.pdf https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1983Human.pdf
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/goldenrules.html https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/goldenrules.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_manipulation_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_manipulation_interface
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/direct-manipulation https://www.nngroup.com/articles/direct-manipulation
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1983Direct.pdf https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1983Direct.pdf
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1975Cognitive.pdf https://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/papers/Shneiderman1975Cognitive....
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264042374_Handbook_of_Human_Factors_and_Ergonomics_Fourth_Edition https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264042374_Handbook_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoI 100% agree with you and felt the same nuances with my experience in the industry from the late 90s to a few years ago. Given the knowledge was more silo'd before the internet, how did one come to learn these things? Was it specific universities? Specific companies? Was there any mentoring? Who did you look up to for UI along your journey?