1. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Human Impact of UI Design Paradigms (PART 2 – Case Studies) Robert Ritchey and Ruben Campos

2. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing Spring 2006 Purpose/Goal Analyse the impact that different GUI designs have on both users and software developers

3. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing Spring 2006 Strategy show the history of user interfaces discuss different types of User Interfaces how they are different how they are used how they are implemented

4. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing Spring 2006 Presentation Schedule First session – Intro History Modern User Interfaces Second Session - demos/analysis of different types Impacts on User Behaviour patterns Impacts on Software Design/Architecture Third Session – Comparative Analysis

5. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Some Modern GUI Categories Web Browser Application Kiosk Application Desktop Application Mobile Application

6. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Web Based Application Definition – Application that runs in a web browser Attributes.. Depends on the type …

7. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Web Application Types Informational Sites – These sites give away information American Red Cross NIST

8. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Web Application Types – Cont’d Online merchants Online stores Amazon.com Tiger Direct Information merchants Scott Trade Encyclopedia Britannica

9. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Web Application Types – Cont’d Internal sites: Mozilla DOM Samples

10. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Web Application Observation Although there are some trends in the Internet, there are so many disparate interests that there will never be a homogeneous application.

11. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Kiosk Application Definition – Software that typically runs in a public setting for either informational or commercial purpose Attributes Basic Client Touch Sensitive Terminal Thin Client Can run locally or over the Internet

12. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Kiosk GUI Characteristics Typically uses touch screen as input device Advance kiosks can also include a trackball/mouse and a keyboard Lower rate of user errors since input devices are simple and options are limited Features are not as rich as Desktop or Web App GUIs

13. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Typical User Actions on Kiosk UI Touch Screen Navigation TrackBall/Mouse Simple Clicking Double Clicks unlikely Drag and Drop unlikely Keyboard Mostly used for entering simple search criteria

14. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 Kiosk Application Case Study Open Kiosk Software Example Server Example Client

15. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 How Kiosk App Impacts End User Restricted Functionality Persuades user actions Path of Menu Selections Similar to Automated Call Center systems

16. CS575 - Human Issues in Computing CSULA Spring 2006 How Kiosk App Impacts Software Architect/Developer Give the illusion of no Operating System Limit the functions a user can perform Simple GUI Remote administration/management of Clients