When dealing with technology, User Interface Design is often not considered the main part of the technology. One might assume that UI is not an important part of the device and can be thrown in at last minute but in reality UI is the most vital part of the any system. When a user looks at the device, the UI is the most essential part because it is how people interact with the computer. If a user is confused or doesn’t understand the UI, that could be a huge problem for the company. If a user disagrees or dislike the UI, the user will most likely stop using that device which plays significant role in the company’s business. Eventually users will lose interest in the device and give up on it. The user doesn’t care about the programming aspects, databases and hardware behind the device because they are not connected to them (1).
The original user interfaces for computers were command line interfaces. These were useful, but it was really hard to learn since the user had to know text command to accomplish anything. After the command line, an intermediate step in user interface development was the non-graphical menu based interface, which let you interact by using a mouse rather than by having to type in complicated keyboard commands (5). In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh, it was the first affordable home computer that used a graphical user interface and a mouse. A short while later, Microsoft developed Windows, a GUI operating system for a PC. Although these were the first home computers to use a GUI, Apple and Microsoft were not the first to invent it. Steve Jobs, one of the founders of Apple, saw some of the potential in the graphical user interface visiting Xerox. Some say that is where Jobs got his ideas for the GUI found o...
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...hone of some kind as of April 2012, and more than half of these cell phone owners (55%) use their phone to go online (6). This number has increased since April 2009, in which 31% of cell phone users said they go online on their phone (6). 31% of this cell phones Internet users say that they mostly go online using their phone and that that don’t use a desktop computer to browse the web (6). So after doing the math, 17 % of all adult cell phone owners use their phone as their primary web-browsing device. This survey is a year old and that number has increased since then. Now that we know how many people rely on their smart portable devices to browse the web, you can see just how important responsive web design is. The number of cell phones Internet browsers is climbing and with new technologies on the horizon, this increase shows no signs of slowing down or stopping.
The introduction of Apple’s Macintosh in 1984 revolutionized the personal computer industry (North, 2011). Although Jobs did not invent the
Steve Jobs strove to deliver the elegant ideal. “People are busy”, he would say “they have other things to do than think about how to integrate their computers and devices.” And so, he took responsibility for the entire user experience, owning what he called “the whole widget”. Hardware, software and peripheral devices had to be seamlessly integrated. The leadership lesson here is to create products and service which reflect a passion for delivering delightful user experiences from beginning to end.
About a month ago I attended a dinner with some close friends. As we all sat in the restaurant waiting for drink orders to be taken, I looked around the table and what I saw made me feel more than a little annoyed considering I had not seen some of these people (or spoken to some of them) in over a month. Everyone at the table had sat down and immediately took out their phone. After reading the article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, by Jean M. Twenge, the feelings experienced that evening at dinner were validated and broadened by the depth and scope of the article. Jean Twenge was persuasive because of the statistical data in her article.
I’m part of the millennials generation where the internet and technology has rapidly increase in our daily lives. Learning the concepts of using a device much smaller than a computer and being able to surf the web using sources such as “Google” on a phone or tablet.
Information Retrieval (IR) is to represent, retrieve from storage and organise the information. The information should be easily access. User will be more interested with easy access information. Information retrieval process is the skills of searching for documents, for information within documents and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching relational databases and the World Wide Web. According to (Shing Ping Tucker, 2008), E-commerce is rapidly a growing segment in the internet.
Secondly, Jobs and Rockefeller became very rich during their prime time. Jobs’ Macintosh computers were integrated with a fast processor, the Motorola 68000, making it extremely user friendly. This computer was also the first to use a graphical user interface, a system
Technology has become a huge part of everyday life, and people seem to have one great debate and are fighting over which is the best phone, iPhone or Android. The Apple iPhone is a cellular smartphone that was created and is maintained by Apple Inc. Android is another type of smartphone that is accessible to consumers, but the operating system is powered by Google and many different companies produce Android devices. The different operating systems and interfaces have created a long and carried out debate to which was superior. iPhone is the better phone and there are many reasons as to why it is superior to its rival, Android. The iPhone’s sleek and beautiful design has users’ hands fondling the device and never putting it down. The operating system is very distinct, but is straightforward with its functionality. People who purchase the iPhone believe that they have received their money’s worth and more when owning and iPhone. The iPhone is better than Android when compared because of the beautiful design and attractive display, the operating system and its functionality, and the device’s personal worth is definitely worth the money spent to own one.
Watson, J. (2008). A history of computer operating systems (pp. 14-17). Ann Arbor, MI: Nimble Books.
“Mobile Technology Fact Sheet” Pew Research Internet Project, Pew Research Center, n.d. Web 1 May 2014
The Whirlwind computer had a video display that was controlled interactively by a light gun. The display attracted users much more than computer code. The Whirlwind computer became the basis for SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), a defense command-and-control system developed for the Air force. In the 1960s Ivan Sutherland’s MIT doctoral thesis introduced a Sketchpad interactive drawing system, which established the theoretical groundwork for computer graphics software (Machover 14). In the mid-1960s, computer graphics was booming in private industry. General Motors had released DAC-1 a computer-aided design system, and Itek developed the Digigraphics electronic drafting machine. By the late 1960s the first storage-tube display terminals appeared, shortly followed by direct-view storage tube display terminals (DVST) which cost thousands of dollars; however this was an improvement to the tens to hundreds of thousands spent initially for display systems. In the 1970s Turnkey systems emerged, beforehand users had to develop software to make their hardware work however turnkey systems provided a haven to users from software issues. Bit-mapped raster displays developed as memory...
The world today is a result of centuries of evolution; one of the major adaptations is technology, specifically the invention of the smartphone. The smartphone is a cellular phone that has the capabilities of performing similar functions to that of a computer (Oxford Dictionaries’ online dictionary, n.d.). The smartphone is owned by youth for the most part; however, adults and seniors are also turning toward using this device. This in turn demonstrates the popularity of this marvelous device, and is the reason why it is constantly monitored by its users. The continuous evolving of the populations' wants and needs such as communication, searching of information, entertainment and recording, makes owning a smartphone essential, and beneficial as it is portable, reliable and efficient.
Grace-Martin, M., & Gay, G. “Web Browsing, Mobile Computing and Academic Performance.” Educational Technology and Society, 4(3), 2001: 95-107.
Modern society heavily depends on the abilities of computers, Information Technology, and information processing. As such, since access to information occurs mainly through digital means and media, the way information is arranged and presented on the screen is crucial. Because of this need for fast access and easy arrangement arose, in the early 1980s, companies started to work on various graphical user interfaces (or GUI for short). Most dictionaries define a GUI as ‘a way of arranging information on a computer screen that is easy to understand and use because it uses icons, menus and a mouse rather than only text.’ Introducing such software allowed a human-computer interaction on a visual plane, and took computing to an entirely new level of experience. The first GUI started to emerge, as stated above, in the early 1980s, and within the last 3 decades have completely dominated the way in which human-computer communication occurs. Although some sources argue about it, it is acknowledged that the first company to use a proper graphical user interface was Apple. In 1984 they released the Macintosh computer, which used a graphical system to present information on the screen using boxes and taskbars, and utilized a revolutionary pointer device, now widely known as the mouse. Following this event, other companies started releasing their versions of GUI based operating systems, until in 1995 Microsoft presented Windows 95, which soon became a dominant power on the market, and along with its later installments, led Microsoft to be the IT giant of the 20th century. Since its appearance, the GUI have greatly influenced the IT-centered society, and the role computing and digital devices play in its growth.
32% of smartphone users made a $100 purchase 38% of tablet users made a $100+ purchase” (David, 2012)
Consider the impact of digital technologies on your daily life. The cell phone is one of many digital devices that have drastically changed people’s lives in a level of connectivity and productivity. You probably use your phone throughout the day to communicate with friends and business associates, look up information on the Web, check your friends’ Facebook statuses, snap photos and post them online, send e-mails, plan your evening, play games, watch movies, and listen to music.