Proceedings Article10.1145/1024273.1024285
The human task as reference for system interface design
Robert B. Miller
- 14 Oct 1976
- pp 97-100
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TL;DR: Effective design of the working interface between humans and computers cannot merely depend on catalogs of respective "characteristics" of these two entities, nor on optimizing individual "functions" in the interactions.
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Abstract: Effective design of the working interface between humans and computers cannot merely depend on catalogs of respective "characteristics" of each of these two entities, nor on optimizing individual "functions" in the interactions. The proper purpose of a man-machine interface is to benefit a person in performing a task or a collection of goal-related tasks. The entire task, including its goals, is therefore the proper reference for the design, not the attribute lists of humans and computers. An effective design results from trading off sets of variables, including economic and psychological cost factors, in order to optimize resources for achieving task goals.
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