INTERACTION ELEMENT - PART 3

feels

Users remember how a system ____, not just how it looks

appearance, behaviour

______ + ______ = look and feel

Modal dialog boxes

come and won’t go away, good for errors and essential steps

user

Make it easy to detect errors, then the ___ can repair them

Other people

desire to impress, competition, fear of failure

Motivation

fear, allegiance, ambition, self-satisfaction

Inadequate systems

cause frustration and lack of motivation

challenged, overwhelmed

Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow and Zone of Proximal Development apply here—users should feel ____ but not _____.

Education Concept

Zone of proximal development, things you can just do with help

EXPERIENCE

The value is NOT the object The value is the _____

on/off buttons

logical state revealed in physical state

arrow buttons, twist controls

inverse actions inverse effects

Spring back controls

one-shot buttons, joystick, some sliders

rotary knobs

____ reveal internal state and can be controlled by both user and machine