Comments on: chapter 1 http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/chapter-1/ the I300 course blog for Group A Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: zrosenbl http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/chapter-1/#comment-134 zrosenbl Thu, 15 May 2008 21:26:53 +0000 http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-134 I really liked your summary of the chapter. You hit all the points such as the Tivo remote and the part about the voicemail. I also like how you related your own experiences, ie. buying a laptop to the subject matter. Thank you. I really liked your summary of the chapter. You hit all the points such as the Tivo remote and the part about the voicemail. I also like how you related your own experiences, ie. buying a laptop to the subject matter. Thank you.

]]> By: shalinlunia http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/chapter-1/#comment-133 shalinlunia Thu, 15 May 2008 06:18:40 +0000 http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-133 I agree with manhan regarding the voice mail problem. It is very painful if you are not carrying your cellphone and you want to check the messages left. The Designers can design it in a much better way and could have made it more user friendly. To make the design much better there could be a system in which you just dial the mail box number and then your phone number and then you could access it. Although many privacy issues could arise from this there could be some security attached to it. There was another product which i thought had a very bad design. But it got changed later. I am talking about the telephone GPS which just got updated. The process was very bad. First you had to call the call center tell them where you want to go. Many problem arise because of this such as the representative can lead you to the wrong direction. It is to slow. The maps are not updated. when i used it i was really dissapointed. But now i feel the designers have done a great job with the new GPS. These new devices are very easy to use and make life much easier. I agree with manhan regarding the voice mail problem. It is very painful if you are not carrying your cellphone and you want to check the messages left. The Designers can design it in a much better way and could have made it more user friendly. To make the design much better there could be a system in which you just dial the mail box number and then your phone number and then you could access it. Although many privacy issues could arise from this there could be some security attached to it.
There was another product which i thought had a very bad design. But it got changed later. I am talking about the telephone GPS which just got updated. The process was very bad. First you had to call the call center tell them where you want to go. Many problem arise because of this such as the representative can lead you to the wrong direction. It is to slow. The maps are not updated. when i used it i was really dissapointed. But now i feel the designers have done a great job with the new GPS. These new devices are very easy to use and make life much easier.

]]> By: hcid1 http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/chapter-1/#comment-125 hcid1 Sun, 11 May 2008 19:02:07 +0000 http://iuhci300a.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-125 You have hit on several of the major points of the first chapter. A great portion of it was in laying out user experience and usability as the two main goals of HCI design. From your personal experience has shown that quality design is becoming more and more important for consumers when there are many different options to choose from. If designers can learn about the values of their consumers and can turn these into user experience and usability goals to design for, new designs will line up better with what people want and will have a higher likelihood of making sales. In the future for your blog summaries, go a little bit more into the examples that you give. What are the consequences for designs such as Tivo in relation to other such products? It was pretty revolutionary when it came out. Why? And how does this change the landscape of design for other HCI designers? Also, can you be more specific about how your experience as a consumer buying a laptop will affect the way you will design? You have hit on several of the major points of the first chapter. A great portion of it was in laying out user experience and usability as the two main goals of HCI design. From your personal experience has shown that quality design is becoming more and more important for consumers when there are many different options to choose from. If designers can learn about the values of their consumers and can turn these into user experience and usability goals to design for, new designs will line up better with what people want and will have a higher likelihood of making sales.

In the future for your blog summaries, go a little bit more into the examples that you give. What are the consequences for designs such as Tivo in relation to other such products? It was pretty revolutionary when it came out. Why? And how does this change the landscape of design for other HCI designers? Also, can you be more specific about how your experience as a consumer buying a laptop will affect the way you will design?

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