The point of this activity is to start thinking about what it means for an inter

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The point of this activity is to start thinking about what it means for an interface to be usable. Following is a familiar user interface design:

List some of the aspects of this design that have good usability, and some that have poor usability. Think about the aspects of usability (learnability, memorability, efficiency, errors, satisfaction), and submit a report of two pages.

Your report will be judged on the following criteria.
Completeness. Don't omit a dimension of usability, and don't overlook an obvious usability issue that even the reader notices.
Depth. "Efficiency is good, because it feels fast to use" is not deep analysis. "I've never made any errors with it" is not deep analysis.

Clarity. The reader should not struggle to understand what you're talking about.

Conciseness. Unnecessary verbosity will be judged severely.

Usability of presentation. Your report is itself a user interface whose purpose is to convey ideas to a reader. If your report isn't learnable, visible, efficient, and error-preventive, then it will be harder for the reader to use, and it will not demonstrate an ability to apply the ideas of this class.

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Let us first define What it means for an interface to be usable? - Usable refers to the usability of a given product. It is more than “useful” it examines the way that the product will be used and whether it enables the user to do so in a pleasurable, simple (or as simple as possible) and effective manner. According to Darwin Magazine – "Usability is about human behavior. It recognizes that humans are lazy, get emotional, are not interested in putting a lot of effort into, say, getting a credit card and generally prefer things that are easy to do vs. those that are hard to do."

List some of the aspects of this design that have good usability:-

List some of the aspects of this design that have poor usability:-

Aspects of usability:-

Please let me know in case of any clarifications required. Thanks!

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