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Designing for humans not robots (or vulcans)
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Lueg, CP and Twidale, MB, Designing for humans not robots (or vulcans), Library Trends pp. 1-11. ISSN 0024-2594 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
There is growing interest in embodiment in information seeking which we use as an
opportunity to reconsider what we as designers of information interfaces aim for.
While we have become quite good at developing interfaces that are effective at
supporting specific needs or needs that have been rendered specific we are still not
good at proving interfaces that reflect a key human characteristic and strength which
is being embedded in this world and being curious about it. While this discussion is
related to research into serendipity (c.f. Erdelez et al 2016) we stay clear of this body
of work since we feel the issue is a broader one: we seem to have got stuck designing
interfaces that are more suitable for patient, logical, rational robots (or Vulcans) than
for mammals who get tired, bored, exited, irritated, intrigued or distracted, and who
even change their minds about what they want to do.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | information behavior, information seeking, human computer interaction, interaction design, serendipity, situatedness, distraction, embodiment |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information behaviour |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information services |
Objective Field: | Information services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Lueg, CP (Professor Christopher Lueg) |
ID Code: | 123151 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2017-12-19 |
Last Modified: | 2019-06-12 |
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