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User interface engineering

 

User interface engineering

User interface engineering is the engineering of the user interface.
It addresses the need to develop interfaces that make users more productive. It is often considered as one of the more practical aspects of the field of human-computer interaction. Concerns include
  • standards
  • simplicity
  • utility
  • coherence
  • usability testing

    Techniques for engineering user interfaces include

  • personas
  • paper prototypes
  • talk aloud protocol

    References:

  • About Face by Alan Cooper.
  • Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen

    User interface engineering is closely related to or a subset of software engineering.

    See also usability engineering


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