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PAPERBACK price:$30.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Human-System Integration in the System Development Process: A New Look More Than Screen Deep:Toward Every-Citizen Interfaces to the Nation's Information Infrastructure Other Related Titles Methods for Designing Software to Fit Human Needs and Capabilities: Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Human Factors (1985) Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Advances and Successes." Methods for Designing Software to Fit Human Needs and Capabilities: Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Human Factors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1985. Please select a format: Page 21   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 21 Front Matter (R1-R14) Introduction (1-3) Human Factors Methods in Research and Product Design (4-17) Other Methods (18-20) Advances and Successes (21-21) Future Methods (22-24) Conclusion (25-25) References (26-36)

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ADVANCES AND SUCCESSES Over the last 10 years, it has become clear that research on the issues surrounding human-computer interaction is worth doing. The design of the human- computer interface makes a marked difference in users' performance. Software products exist that embody well- designed interfaces derived from human factors input: the Xerox STAR, Apple LISA, and MACINTOSH work stations and the Rolm and IBM mail systems are examples. In addition, major changes in the design of the telephone directory assistance system, as well as original designs of telecommunication control devices, were a result of human factors studies e Human factors research has also shown the usefulness of some important generic display and control devices: the partitioning of screens into windows, icons for the control of operations and the display of objects, better help messages, and better defined response and function keys. In addition, more is known about users' limitations and adaptability. Human factors design is also influencing documentation and training for software use (Felker, 1980). Because software is more available to a variety of users, there is an increased awareness by the public of the need to make software easy to learn and use. 21

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