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People and Computers XIV — Usability or Else!

Proceedings of HCI 2000

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Sharon McDonald

    1. School of Computing, Engineering and Technology, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

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  2. Yvonne Waern

    1. Department of Communication Studies, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

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  3. Gilbert Cockton

    1. School of Computing, Engineering and Technology, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Plenaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Usability and Profits in the Digital Economy

      • Gerald Jerry L. Lohse
      Pages 3-15

    3. Asynchronous Negotiated Access

      • James Hollan, Scott Stornetta
      Pages 17-26

  3. The Context of Interaction: People, Places and Actions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Requirements are in the Eyes of the Beholders

      • Phil Turner
      Pages 29-43

    3. On Change and Tasks

      • Peter J. Wild, Robert D. Macredie
      Pages 45-59

    4. How Effective Are User Studies?

      • Sari Kujala, Martti Mäntylä
      Pages 61-71

    5. Function Allocation for Computer Aided Learning in a Complex Organisation

      • Chris Johnson, Bryan Mathers
      Pages 73-91

    6. Connections, Locations and Shared Workspaces: What Should the User Understand about Network Services for Online Collaboration?

      • Merja Ranta-aho, Maria Köykkä, Raila Ollikainen
      Pages 93-101

    7. Informing the Design of an Online Financial Advice System

      • Elizabeth Longmate, Paula Lynch, Chris Baber
      Pages 103-117

    8. Introducing Internet Terminals to the Home: Interaction Between Social, Physical, and Technological Spaces

      • Wai On Lee
      Pages 119-132

  4. Process, Methodology and Design Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. User Involvement in the Design of Human—Computer Interactions: Some Similarities and Differences between Design Approaches

      • Mathilde Bekker, John Long
      Pages 135-147

    3. Concurrent Usability Engineering

      • Pekka Ketola
      Pages 149-161

    4. Usability Capability Models — Review and Analysis

      • Timo Jokela
      Pages 163-181

    5. Hardening Soft Systems Conceptual Modelling

      • Dan Diaper
      Pages 183-204

    6. A Model for Extensible Web-based Information Intensive Task Oriented Systems

      • Cecilia Cunha, Clarisse de Souza, Violeta Quental, Daniel Schwabe
      Pages 205-219

    7. Analysis and Simulation of User Interfaces

      • Harold Thimbleby
      Pages 221-237

    8. Analysing Asynchronous Collaboration

      • Patrick G. T. Healey, Nick Bryan-Kinns
      Pages 239-254
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Currently we are at the beginnings of widespread wireless connectivity and ubiquitous computing. The Web is merging with a variety of technologies: cell phones, laptop computers, hand held organisers, information appliances, and GPS and other sensors. The capability for access anytime and anywhere is here. The increasing frequency of cell phone calls at inappropriate times testifies that people no longer can easily control access. Devices can determine where they are located and can make a range of information available to users as well as make users available to others or their devices. We have proposed a general technique that promises to assist in mediating access. It capitalises on advantages afforded by computation(Hollan & Stometta, 1992). We first described the negotiation technique in the context of problems involved in scheduling meetings and then showed that similar issues, which at first may seem unrelated but in fact have much in common, arise in other contexts. One such activity, gaining immediate access, is currently of growing importance because of expanding connectivity via wireless technology. Cell phones and related technologies make it possible to be constantly available for synchronous interaction. At times, this can be advantageous but the associated costs and benefits result in a complex tradeoff space for designers as well as users.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Computing, Engineering and Technology, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

    Sharon McDonald, Gilbert Cockton

  • Department of Communication Studies, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

    Yvonne Waern

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