Nielsen 's 7th Heuristic : Flexibility And Efficiency Of Use

Although the computer is an amazing machine, a person requires some training to be able to use it. On the other hand, “you can learn to use a pencil in less than 10 seconds” (332). Laing argues that the simplicity of a pencil makes it a better option when

Web usability plays a pivotal role which can actually effect the profit of a company. It should be valued that a qualify web site can provide simple but attracting interface that allowing users to catch their needed information effectively and efficiently. Otherwise, once the customers realize that it is hard to find the needed information or the product they want to buy, they are likely to quit the size. Unfortunately, not all the companies understand the importance of this theory.

The excessive use of computers has drastically changed the lives of many users. As a multifaceted tool, the computer is used for tasks to include research, homework, business related

‘Design Thinking’ solutions have the potential to change work habits and attitudes alike, so the accommodations made for users is vital to a solution’s success. How someone feels after experiencing change is an indispensable factor, especially when attempting to alter an individual’s perspective. In turn, these changes must be somewhat tangible so that users can more easily adjust by having something to follow and keep track of. Finally, solutions of this nature should always focus on the bigger picture in order to maintain direction, user freedom, and the solution’s ability to adapt. These three principles of operation, social fluidity, tangible nature, and broadminded approach, will facilitate the creation of an effective

Thank you for sharing a constructive way of using heuristics in your physical therapy practice. The reason why I posed that question is to find out if there are practical and positive applications of the use of heuristics that can help in our daily PT practice. According to Blumenthal-Barby & Kreiger, heuristics and biases are considered “bad” in the sense that it creates the least favorable “decisions” (2015, p. 550) However, heuristics can be considered as “strengths” because it allows healthcare practitioners like us to make decisions by following simple rules. (2015, p. 550) The SIJ provocation tests that you mentioned in your reply are a good example on how heuristics can help us in our daily practice. This is also particularly

User experience is the art of understanding your user and strives to provide the best possible experience. UX design is the process of designing (digital or physical) products that are useful, easy to use, and delightful to interact with. It's about enhancing the experience that people have while interacting with your product, and making sure they find value in what you're providing.

Generally, there are two key forms of monitor interfaces that should be highly considered in the process of designing different computer applications namely the multi-touch screen interface and the mouse-driven interface. The controlling actions that are carried out by different computer users tend to have different preferences when it comes to the use of different computer applications uses (Dearden, 2008). As such, the application of the multi-touch screen gives computer users an opportunity to interact with the computer applications via a touch screen that will give them a chance to tap, swipe, long tap, and pinch the screens for purposes of performing their required

This week, we discussed about Interaction Design, which is a process of designing that consider the interactions between users and products.

There are four different rules of heuristics in social psychology – representative heuristics, availability heuristics, anchoring and adjustment heuristics, and finally status quo heuristics. Often people employ heuristics to come to conclusions about a topic rather quickly than sitting and taking their time to go through the standard notions of problem- solving to finally make a decision. A heuristic is a judgement that may conclude in a probable answer, but may not always be the exact answer overall, or could be the wrong answer altogether. They do not take into account the base- rate of an event. A base- rate can be defined as the actual calculated number of events that happen in the total population being referenced.

An information system is only useful to all of its stakeholders if targeted users consider it usable. The importance of usability in technology adoption and usage is underscored by the dedication of substantial amount of HCI research to provide definitions, propose techniques, methods and guidelines for improving it [1, 6]. Although there is no widely agreed upon definition for usability, in this paper, we adopt the ISO definition given as: “the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use” [21].

These are only some of the questions that the success of USHI poses to the research community. Some others concern the identification of design factors that engender users’ positive perception. Could the simplicity of the content, which are usually written in layman's terms, be an enabling factor? Is there an appealing design structure they employ? Also, understanding the characteristics of the adopters of these systems may provide useful insights to reasons for their vulnerability and how to curtail them or positively use them for other

The appropriate paradigm for this study is the Design Science Research (DSR) paradigm. The study demands development of an artifact to evaluate its value and usability. The research will also include interpretive paradigm and qualitative methods to collect data for genuine understanding of my research.

The main principles in operating Universal Design into our everyday environment is to expand the range of users by making it easier to use and allowing it to be available for all users. Universal design encourages an integrative approach rather than multiple separate solutions, for the increasing amount of people whose needs are being addressed in a single design solution. It is this integrated approach that makes universal design cost effective and results

Heuristics are mental shortcuts we use when making judgments or decisions (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2013). These shortcuts may help in recalling situations or events that may have happened, causing us to store or maintain the cause or event deep into our memories. We often do this unconsciously, or without much effort. When a decision or judgment is made rather quickly, it may be derived from using availability heuristics. This type of heuristics is quickly retrievable from our memory. Our brain relays to us a pile of quick memory joggers we can pick or choose from, in which we feel are relatable to a current situation or event.

Availability heuristic can be defined as making a choice based on immediate and easy examples that comes to the mind more easily when evaluating a decision. Even though availability heuristic has many pros such as saving time when making a choice, it does come with cons. This is because the availability heuristic distorts our understanding of real threats and risks. For example, Tom is a 10-year-old boy that adores puppies and loves playing with them. One day he saw a puppy bite its owner. Due to this small incident, Tom avoids playing with puppies even though the likelihood of it happening is slim. Since this heuristic draws from immediate and easy examples, it uses system 1 to evaluate our decisions. As we already know system 1 can lead to a lot of incorrect assessments in comparison to system 2.