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The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment.
Norman, D. (2005). Human-centered design considered dangerous. Retrieved
fromhttp://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/humancentered_desig.html
Norman, D. (2007–2010). Activity-centered design: Why I like my Harmony remote control.
Retrieved fromhttp://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/activitycentere.html.
Gersh, J. R., McKneely, J. A., and Remington, R. W. (2005) Cognitive engineering: Understanding
human interaction with complex systems. Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest,26(4), 377–382.
Also available athttp://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/TD/td2604/Gersh.pdf
Computer applications that run on desktop and laptop computers have, for a long time, been
designed to be driven by dragging and clicking a mouse. With the introduction of tablet
personal computers, the trend has shifted toward using touch-based screens. We now have
access to touch-based TVs, touch-based monitors, and touch-based laptops. Touch and multi-
touch devices provide end users with the ability to interact physically with an application much
more naturally.
Imagine that you have been assigned the task of redesigning your company’s applications to
run on all devices. Examine a multi-touch computer monitor and a mouse-driven computer
monitor and think about how the end user interacts with an application running on each of
these types of monitors.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Compare and contrast the metaphors used in the design of applications that run on each type
of monitor. Use Microsoft Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint, or any other modeling tool to create.
Differentiate between the interaction types and styles that apply to these monitors and
applications running on them.
Describe the conceptual model employed in the design of these types. Describe the analogies
and concepts these monitors expose to users, including the task-domain objects users
manipulate on the screen.