Title :
An era of Usability Design--perspectives on the realistic significance of “Usability” Design research
Author_Institution :
Art&Design Inst., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
"Usability" design is not a new topic any more. More than one decade ago, Jakob Nielsen, a "usability" design expert, put forth the theory of "usability" design and applied his theory into practice, which has yielded great accomplishments. Unlike the case in western countries, little attention was attached to this field in China in recent years, or it can be said that not much attention is drawn up to date. As the world goes forward, usability design research becomes extremely significant in the field of the latest design, and the best example is that we often hear of user complaints in the process of accomplishing appointed tasks with a certain product: being unusable, being difficult to use, hard to understand, inconvenient use and inaccessibility for inquisitive information within the fastest term. In the era of ¿user orientation¿, usability design research is of great realistic significance by transforming our thinking and behavior, bringing much convenience to our life.
Keywords :
human computer interaction; user interfaces; easy- to-use product; usability design; user friendly product; user orientation; Art; Computer industry; Consumer electronics; Cost function; Electronics packaging; Packaging machines; Rhetoric; Rubber; Software packages; Usability; Function; Usability; convenience;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design and Conceptual Design, 2008. CAID/CD 2008. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3290-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3291-2
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2008.4730539