JOENSUUN YLIOPISTO                                      EXCERCISES 1
Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos	              		Wed 23.2. - Thu 24.2.
User-Centred Design / 
Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu
Spring 2005



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Read the following article and prepare to discuss the following
questions at the excercise session.

In order to complete the execercise, you have to email your answers
AT LEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE the excercise session to the instructor, 
either mtuki@cs.joensuu.fi or kamppuri@cs.joensuu.fi.


Article:

Grudin, J.
The Computer Reaches Out: The Historical Continuity of Interface Design
CHI'90 Proceedings, April 1990, pp. 261-268



Questions:

a. How has the user interface development and research changed from 
   1950's to 1990's, according to Grudin?


b. What things can possible go wrong when we are designing interfaces
   for work settings?


c. What do you see as problematic factors in the changing of the user
   interface development and research, and why?


d. If you follow the analogy in the Postscript section of the article, 
   do you feel that it will become true? Give reasons for your opinion.


e. What is the most important message that you learned from Grudin's 
   article?