The last five years of the 20th century saw a major paradigm shift in the role of human factors in product design. Previously this was seen as pertaining almost exclusively to product usability, but new recognition is being given to pleasure-based human factors. This emphasizes the holistic nature of the experience of person-product inter-action. Wilst traditional human factors approaches tended to characterize the user in terms of his or her physical or cognitive processing capabilities, new huuman factors approaches are concerned with wider lifestyle issues.The quality of a design is judged...
The last five years of the 20th century saw a major paradigm shift in the role of human factors in product design. Previously this was seen as pertain...
This book provides a variety of answers in its description and discussion of new, sometimes radical approaches to usability evaluation', now an increasingly common business tool. It contains new thinking of the subject of usability evaluation in industry. Contributions come from those involved in the practice of industry-based usability evaluation as well as those involved in related research activity. The chapters are derived from and developed from presentations and discussions at the invited international seminar Usability Evaluation in Industry', and give a leading edge overview of...
This book provides a variety of answers in its description and discussion of new, sometimes radical approaches to usability evaluation', now an increa...
