nishri@utcs.UUCP (Alex Nishri) (03/08/85)
I am interested in research into the human factors of computer terminal design. I am particularly interested in contacting "experts" in this field. Any pointers to literature, people, or anything else will be appreciated. Alex Nishri University of Toronto, N 43 38'33" W 79 23'14" UUCP: ...utcs!nishri BITNET: alex at utoronto PHONE: 1-(416)-978-7109
benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson) (03/08/85)
I just took a short course on Man-Machine Interfaces from the
Continuing Education Institute. A large portion of the course
concerned itself with visual presentation of information on
terminals. There was nothing on the design of a terminal from
the perspective of the hardware designer per se, but there was
a lot of information that would assist a person in choosing
among terminals for some particular project.
In general, I liked the course and would recommend it to
others. Data poisoning overcame me at some points and the
organization of material could have been improved. It
presented material on:
Human Performance
How to study human-computer interaction
Human Factors of Interfaces
Methodology for creating interfaces
Guidelines
techniques, interaction tasks and devices
visual presentation
software tools
Richard Pew and Jim Foley were the instructors. Pew was a
better lecturer; Foley had more information (perhaps, too
much). Both were very competent and experienced.
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