HCI Seminar 357

Day 11 Notes

Oct. 31, 2001

 

 

1. On-minute papers

Big Point

Many design decisions for search results

 

Questions

How practical is flash for the web?

How do early metaphors hinder future development?

Did search engines learn from IR research?

What skills most crucial to developing one’s marketability?

 

2. Interface tours:  Richard Pullin, Min Wu

 

3. Final Projects???

 

4. Mechanisms:  See through tools and two handed displays

discuss the Bier et al paper (show video of the examples)

 

5. Table Browser Case

Discuss the Rao & Card paper (show video)

 

Discuss the TB project

demo

Simon’s system architecture talk

 

 

4. Readings for next meeting:
Pad++: read Bederson & Hollan

Data Mountain: read Robertson et al.

Ubiquitous (calm) computing: read Weiser (on reserve)

Interaction design: read Winograd (on reserve)

Location aware devices: Want & Schilit (on reserve, online for IEEE members)

 

5. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?