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• CS 376 Paper Discussion
• 04/02/2009
• As We May Think
• (Vannevar Bush)
• Direct Manipulation Interfaces
• (E.L. Hutchins, J.D. Hollan, D.A. Norman)

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As We May Think
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As We May Think

• Summary
• Vision to steer scientists after WW2
• Main points
• Information overload
• Methods of recording
• Methods of storage
• Memex

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As We May Think

• Scientific Methods
• Build a system?
• What else?

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As We May Think

• Then vs. Now
• Recording images? voice? Internet?
• Storage volume vs. bandwidth
• Access hub vs. crowdsourcing

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Direct Manipulation Interfaces
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Direct Manipulation Interfaces

• Summary
• What underlies the feeling of directness?
• Main points
• Distance vs. Direct Engagement
• Semantic vs. Articulatory distance
• Automated behavior vs. directness
• Problems with Direct Manipulation

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Direct Manipulation Interfaces

• Scientific Methods
• Examples
• Figure 5 water level
• Page 325 (bottom)
• Page 329 (virtuosity)
• What else?

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Direct Manipulation Interfaces

• Direct Manipulation Today
• Modern IDEs
• Eclipse, Visual Studio
• Bidding agents
• Ebay, stock market
• Stability in vehicles
• ESP, DSC, etc.
• Voice menus

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Direct Manipulation Interfaces

• Looking Forward
• Linguistic interaction.
• Mobile computing
• Social behaviors (task space?)
• Rotating a photo (art. or sem. distance?)
• Internet
• Clicking a link (direct engagement?)
• Other examples of direct manipulation?