Interaction Design Quiz

A mixture of different design styles creating human interactive prototypes.

Shaping artefacts, usually digital or technical for people's use.

A workbench, for assembling electrical items, is being repainted in red with special acrylic paint that is washable. At the end of each working day, the bench is being washed down with a bucket of water. However, since the surface is not quite even, this creates small puddles which do not dry entirely during the night. If the bench is used the next morning without being wiped dry it still has small wet patches.

A swipe card reader is installed at an entrance door. As cards have two sides a large print sign is being installed next to the reader to indicate to the user, how the card needs to be inserted.

effectiveness, efficiency, safety

safety, economics, learnability

satisfying, enjoyable, easy to use, entertaining

supportive of creativity, rewarding and emotionally fulfilling, motivating

mapping, consistency and affordance

visibility, feedback and memorability

Such a learning device should be easy to learn, efficient, motivating and rewarding.

Such a learning device should have good utility, be efficient, support creativity and be aesthetically pleasing.

Good ID encourages an easy, natural and engaging interaction between a user and an interactive product, and allows the user to carry out the tasks required.

Good ID makes sure that the user will buy a product

Good ID is cheaper to produce than bad ID.

Good ID makes sure that the user will tell other people about the product and the product will not break that easily.