Innovative User Interfaces: 7 Essays on the History and Development of Human-Computer Interaction

by Advait Sarkar

“Innovative User Interfaces” is a collection of seven essays about the history and development of the field of Human-Computer Interaction. It introduces the reader to both quintessential HCI literature as well as more contemporary work. Starting with Windows, Icons, Mice and Pointing, and ending with Emotional Inference, the seven essays touch upon almost every major development in the history of novel interfaces for information systems. Amongst other things, readers will be treated to descriptions of the origins of the direct manipulation paradigm, explanations of the ubiquitous computing phenomenon, and a treatment of the origin of the touch-based interfaces which are so prevalent in today’s mobile era. We hope that the reader will enjoy this journey through the history of innovative user interfaces.

Contents

1. Windows, Icons, Mice & Pointing
2. Video User Interfaces
3. Direct Manipulation
4. The Disappearing Computer
5. Special Purposes
6. Affective Computing
7. Emotional Inference

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 2014