Empirical results relevant to user interface design.

Else Nygren

Nygren E (1996) Empirical results relevant to user interface design. An overview of the literature. Report no. 72/96 from Uppsala University Center for Human-Computer Studies, Uppsala, Sweden.

Abstract

This overview will focus on results from controlled experimental studies that have shown effects that are of interest to user interface design. In an appendix are some pointers to the literature in the field of human-computer interaction.
The overview will be limited to the most common type of human-computer interaction. That is: one human interacting with a computer by means of a keyboard, a mouse and a graphic display. Other types of interaction will not be considered here, for instance:

  • virtual reality
  • other output devices
  • other input devices
  • interaction by command languages
  • computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)
  • task analysis
  • the design process

Furthermore the application area concerned will be administrative work in a broad sense. Application areas that will not be considered are, for instance: process control and aviation.

Else Nygren, CMD, Uppsala University, Lägerhyddvägen 18, S-752 37 Uppsala, Sweden