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The People-Technology System
IMD07101: Introduction to Human Computer InteractionBrian Davison 2011/12
With material from Tom McEwan
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Content
• What is a system?• Socio-technical success factors
– Usability– Acceptability– Engagement– Accessibility
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What is a system?
• Examples
• An set of elements standing in interrelations
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Generic systems• Generic = describing a whole class
– Opposite of specific
• Natural systems• Human-made systems• Social systems
• Socio-technical systems
Technology
People Organisation
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Ludwig von Bertalanffy• General systems theory (1968)
– Goal/purpose
Environment
System boundary
Input OutputThroughput
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Success factors• Usability
– The quality of the interaction – e.g. time taken to perform tasks, number of errors made, the time needed to become a competent user.
• Acceptability – The “fitness for purpose” in the “context of use”. – Also: personal preferences that contribute to users “taking to” an artefact, or not.
• Engagement – Designing for great, exciting and riveting experiences.
• Accessibility– Removing the barriers that exclude some people from using the system at all.
• Often summarised as “design principles” or “values”
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Usability• Usable systems are
– Efficient – you can turn your effort into results– Effective – has what you need and is well-organised– Easy to learn and remember how to use– Safe to use– Useful – high utility to do the things you need done
• Usable, useful, used• Don Norman
– Gulf of Execution: difference between what you want to do (your goal) and what you have to do (with the system)
– Gulf of Evaluation: difference between what the system tells you, and your understanding it
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Acceptability• Politics
– Will groups in the organisation find your design unacceptable? eg changing the balance of power
• Convenience– Does your design fit into what people are trying to do?
• Culture and society– Does your design go against aspects of lifestyle that people value?
• Usefulness– It might be easy to use and full of desirable features, but can you check your
schedule while talking to someone on the phone, for example?
• Economics– Can people afford it? Will suppliers maintain it? e.g. the history of MP3
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Engagement• Shedroff:
– Identity – reinforces our identities (eg Mac v PC)– Adaptivity – can be used with different situations/skill levels– Narrative – a good story– Immersion – total engagement– Flow – smooth movement
• Designing for “pleasure”
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Accessibility• This is not just political correctness• “The World Health Organisation in 1976 drew distinctions between
– impairment (which is part of an individual), – disability (contrasting the individual’s abilities with those of society as a whole) and – handicap (society’s accommodation of people with an impairment).
• Thus both “disability” and “handicap” are societal constructs – a consequence of a flawed attempt to understand the user’s context.
• We must choose whether or not to discriminate against, or exclude, other people.
• McEwan, T., Anderson, A., Bartholomew, C., Clarke, P, & Morrison, A. (2003) Learning about universal access. In P. Gray, & H. Johnson, (Eds), Designing for Society, proceedings of the 17 th British HCI Group conference HCI2003 (September8-12, 2003) Volume II. Swindon: BCS
• World Health Organization. (1976) Document A29/INFDOCI/1, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Incidence of Impairments in the EU
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
1
Reduced co-ordination
Reduced strength
Cannot use one arm
Cannot use fingers
Intellectually impaired
Dyslexic
Language impaired
Speech impaired
Low vision
Blind
Hard of hearing
Profoundly deaf
Walks with aid
Wheelchair user
In 2002, 16% of men and women aged 16-64 in the EU report a long-standing health problem or disability. (http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=3008&langId=en , p10)
Gill (1997) lists the following incidence (in millions)
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Blurred distinctions• In fact, accessibility refers to us all• There are things we do better or worse than the person sitting beside
us– This is because we have a range of capabilities– We have a range of physical attributes – We have a range of mental abilities– We have “talent”
• After the age of 25, we are all gradually losing ability, and abilities don’t vanish, they fade.– Mosquito? http://www.jetcityorange.com/mosquito-ringtone/mosquito-ringtone.mp3
• There are also environments where we are less able to use technology. – Can you suggest any?
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Users' capabilities• Office of National Statistics
survey 1997• i~design project at
Cambridge University
• 7 capability categories– Vision– Hearing– Thinking– Communication– Reach and stretch– Dexterity– Locomotion
Waller et al. (2010) Using disability data to estimate design exclusion. Universal Access in the Information Society 9:195–207
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eg. dexterity• D1 Cannot pick up and hold a mug of coffee with either hand
• D4 Cannot pick up a small object such as a safety pin with either hand
• D8 Has difficulty wringing out light washing or using a pair of scissors
• D11 Can pick up a small object such as a safety pin with one hand but not with the other. Can pick up and carry a pint of milk with one hand but not the other. Has difficulty tying a bow in laces
• D12 Full dexterity ability
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Environmental issues• Designers need to focus on the demands their designs make on
people’s abilities. • Is there much difference between
– an ordinary user in an extraordinary environment (under stress, time pressures, etc.)
– an extraordinary user (e.g. a user with an impairment) in an ordinary environment.
• People and Context
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Types of exclusion• Physical
– inappropriate location of equipment– input and output devices making excessive demands on their abilities.
• Conceptual– people may be excluded because they cannot understand complicated instructions
or obscure commands– they cannot form a clear mental model of the system.
• Economic– people are excluded if they cannot afford some essential technology.
• Cultural– making inappropriate assumptions about how people work and organise their lives.
• Social– equipment is unavailable at an appropriate time and place
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Short break
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A model for (relative) ignorance!
Source: Will Taylor, NCNM, Oregon, USA - http://www.businessballs.com/consciouscompetencelearningmodel.htm
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Removing barriers to access
• Universal design– Eliminates need for “special features”– Fosters individualisation and end-user acceptability– Does not imply a single solution for all users– Suits the broadest possible end-user population– Different solutions for different contexts of use
• Inclusive design• Design for all
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Principles of Universal Design
• Equitable use– Don’t disadvantage or stigmatize any
group of users.
• Flexibility in use– For a wide range of individual
preferences and abilities.
• Simple, intuitive use– Easy to understand, regardless of the
user's experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level.
• Perceptible information– User gets necessary information,
regardless of ambient conditions or the user's sensory abilities.
• Tolerance for error– The design minimizes hazards and
the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions.
• Low physical effort– The design can be used efficiently
and comfortably, and with a minimum of fatigue.
• Size and space for approach & use– You can approach, reach,
manipulate, and use, regardless of your body size, posture, or mobility
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Inclusive design toolkit
http://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/
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Why bother with Accessibility?
• Legal/Ethical
• Political: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=429&langId=en
• Solutions: UN and W3C have relevant declarations and guidelines. – Ignore WCAG2.0 at your peril http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
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Why bother with Accessibility?Charge:
In 2000 the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) was sued for having an inaccessible web site by a visually-impaired user who was unable to access ticketing information, event schedules or postings of event results.
Verdict:
The court determined that the complaint was correct and SOCOG was found guilty of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act and fined $20,000.
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Automated readers• Web authors write mainly for the 90% who are able-bodied.• But – 80% of referrals to web pages come from search engines• Search engines use an indexing robot to crawl the pages.• The indexing robot is BLIND – it can only read text.
– It also has a number of verbal and spatial reasoning limitations
• Professional spammers use software which will automatically create an email account, and then use it to send spam until the ISP closes down the account
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Humans only• Completely • Automated • Public • Turing test to tell • Computers and • Humans • Apart
• http://webinsight.cs.washington.edu/projects/audiocaptchas/
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Design Principles (Benyon p.90)• Access, Learn and Remember
– Visibility– Consistency– Familiarity– “Affordance”
• A Sense of Control– Navigation– Control – Feedback
• Safety and Security– Recovery– Constraints
• Suitable– Flexibility – Style – Conviviality