User-Interface Metaphors

Talk I did part of the Research Topics in HCI during my Masters program in the University of Birmingham back in 2014/15

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1. User-Interface Metaphors Alexandros Stylianidis Research Topics in HCI
2. The age of ubiquitous computing
3. Metaphors • Transfers attributes from source domain to the target domain • Learning by analogy
4. User-Interface Metaphor
5. Hard to use • Cultural • Bad at scaling • Can cause confusing • Resources go to waste
6. Types of Metaphor • Structural • Orientational • Ontological
7. Structural Metaphors • Existing knowledge of a real life object or idea
8. Orientational Metaphors • Spatial orientation • i.e. MORE IS UP, LESS IS DOWN or RIGHT IS FORWARD, LEFT IS PAST
9. Ontological Metaphors • Give a system concept or some method its own entity
10. Affordances and
 Metaphorical Entailment
11. Conclusion • Great teaching tool • Delightful • Need extra care on design
12. Thank You Questions?