Human factors testing in the design of Xerox's 8010 “Star” office workstation
WL Bewley, TL Roberts, D Schroit… - Proceedings of the …, 1983 - dl.acm.org
WL Bewley, TL Roberts, D Schroit, WL Verplank
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1983•dl.acm.orgIntegral to the design process of the Xerox 8010 “Star” workstation was constant concern for
the user interface. The design was driven by principles of human cognition. Prototyping of
ideas, paper-and-pencil analyses, and human-factors experiments with potential users all
aided in making design decisions. Three of the human-factors experiments are described in
this paper: A selection schemes test determined the number of buttons on the mouse
pointing device and the meanings of these buttons for doing text selection. An icon test …
the user interface. The design was driven by principles of human cognition. Prototyping of
ideas, paper-and-pencil analyses, and human-factors experiments with potential users all
aided in making design decisions. Three of the human-factors experiments are described in
this paper: A selection schemes test determined the number of buttons on the mouse
pointing device and the meanings of these buttons for doing text selection. An icon test …
Integral to the design process of the Xerox 8010 “Star” workstation was constant concern for the user interface. The design was driven by principles of human cognition. Prototyping of ideas, paper-and-pencil analyses, and human-factors experiments with potential users all aided in making design decisions. Three of the human-factors experiments are described in this paper: A selection schemes test determined the number of buttons on the mouse pointing device and the meanings of these buttons for doing text selection. An icon test showed us the significant parameters in the shapes of objects on the display screen. A graphics test evaluated the user interface for making line drawings, and resulted in a redesign of that interface.