Saturday, December 02, 2006

AT THE END OF EIGHT WEEKS

THE LECTURE FOR THIS WEEK WAS GIVEN BY A NEW LECTURER AND HE WAS PRETTY COOL AND THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURE WAS USABILITY.IN THIS THE LECTURER DISCUSSED HOW THE MULTEMEDIA APPLICATIONS ARE USED INA VARIETY OF CONTEXTS AND THE MAIN USES CAN BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS.

  • SINGLE USE/,MULTIPLE USER
  • SINGLE USER,GROUP USER
  • INFORMAING/TEACHING/ENTERTAINMENT
  • NOVICE USERS/EXPERIENCED USERS
  • CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS/UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS
  • WEBSITES/KIOSKS/CD ROM/MOBILE/PDA

HE GAVE MANY SIMPLE EXAMPLES FOR EACH OF THESE USE AND ALMOST ALL THESE EXAMPLES WERE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO SEE US IN OUR ORDINARY DAY TO DAY LIFE.

THEN HE EXPLAINED ABOUT CUTS.THIS STANDS FOR CONTEXT USER TASKS AND SYSTEMS. THE FOUR SEPERATE WORDS COULD BE DEFINED INDIVIDUALLY AS FOLLOWS IN A VERY CONDENSDE WAY.

CONTEXT - WORKING ENVIRONMENT,WORKING PRACTISCES

USER - PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, MENTAL CAPABILITIES

TASK - NATURE OF TASK, USER GOALS, BUSINESS GOALS

SYSTEM - HARDWARE,SOFTWARE INCLUDING THE INTERFACE ITSELF

USABILITY PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE INTERNET APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE AS WEB DEVELOPERS, SHOILD UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USER AND ALSO WE SHOULD DEVELOP OUR PROGRAMME ACCORDING TO THE USER AND THAT MEANS WE SHOULD ALWAYS THINK BEFORE DEVELOPING THE PROGRAMME, WHO IS GOING TO USE OUR PROGRAMME WHETHER THAT IS A CHILD OR AN ADULT OR WHETHER THAT IS AN EXPERIENCED USER OR NOT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.IN THAT CASE WEB DESINGNING IS ALSO NOT THAT EASY AS I THINK.........................

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