HCI plenum 1

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HCI plenum 1

• Group 839

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Usability lab visit

• Test of DOF-base program
• Mismatch between test sequence and program
  options
• Manual missing
• Hard to figure out where to put information
• Program problem
• Advanced interface for the basic functionality
• Everybody do not know how to control database
  like applications
• Test problems
• Not tested by ornithologist
• Test purpose not defined
• Test not prepared by DOF developer(s)

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Usability lab visit considerations

• Consider the test purpose
• New user
• User interface improvements
• Consider the test questions
• Is it clear for the test person what to do
• Consider the test sequence
• Do not help the test person through it
• Consider help
• Manuals

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Conceptual model

• Bird Recorder makes it easy to register and
  organize bird observations
• Two different modes Capture and View
• Designed for one-hand operation when in Capture
  mode
• Designed for easy management of collected data
  when in View mode

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Conceptual model

• Metaphors and analogies
• Standard Windows program
• Tape recorder (multimedia player)
• Digital camera