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Usability Attributes of the Celluloid Interface: Perceptions of Interactivity in the Age of “Blade Runner”

Usability Attributes of the Celluloid Interface: Perceptions of Interactivity in the Age of “Blade Runner”
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Author(s): John Lenarcic (RMIT University, Australia)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 2
Source title: Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-929-8.ch380
ISBN13: 9781599049298
EISBN13: 9781466665378

Abstract

A user interface can broadly be defined as being those attributes of a system that a user connects with. It is a conceptual structure made up of an input language for the client, an output language for the system and a modus operandi for interaction. The usability of an interface is defined as the efficiency and level of gratification with which users can accomplish tasks in a specific environment of a product. High usability means that a system is typically easy to learn and remember; efficient, visually and perhaps aurally satisfying and fun to use; as well as swift in its capacity to recover from errors (Nielsen, 1993).

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