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Hands across the screen - why scrollbars are on the right and other stories - 2 March 2005
by Alan Dix in Case-Studies
Why are scrollbars on the right, and is it the best place for them? There are good reasons to think that the left-hand side may be the better choice, but in virtually every interface since the Xerox Star the scrollbar has appeared on the right-hand side. ...
Fun Systematically - 1 February 2005
by Alan Dix in Case-Studies
This position paper looks at two examples where the study of fun is at very least systematic, and quite possibly scientific. In the first, Virtual Crackers, a systematic process of ‘deconstructing experience’; identifies the individual aspects of an experience (pulling crackers), which are then used to reconstruct a new experience in a new medium (the web). ...
The Human Interface - 3 January 2005
by Alan Dix in Opinion
The news headlines: an aircrash claims a hundred lives, an industrial accident causes millions of pounds worth of damage, discovery of systematic mistreatment leads to thousands of patients being recalled to hospital. Some months later the public enquiry concludes: human error in the operation of technical instruments. ...
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