Assignment No.

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Semester: Spring2020
CS408 – Human Computer Interaction
Khalid Farooq
BC190410864
Question No1:

As we know that Microsoft has updated lots of feature in their every new-updated
windows to improve Usability goals and user experience goals to make the user
experience more efficient. Your task is to write down two updated features of
each window (from window 7 to window 10) that has increased user experience

Answer
Windows 7
 Features new to Windows 7. Some of the new features included
in Windows 7 are advancements in touch, speech and handwriting
recognition, support for virtual hard disks, support for additional file
formats, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot
performance, and kernel improvements
Windows 8
 Booting to desktop. You can now bypass Microsoft's tiled Start screen and
boot directly to the desktop. ...
 Default apps. ...
 Start button. ...
 Organizing the home screen. ...
 Hot Corners. ...
 App updates. ...
 Wallpaper and slideshows.
Windows 9
 Hassle-free Windows update
 Over-the-air Windows recovery
 Separation of OS, applications, and data
 Pure desktop experience mode
 Transparent backup
Windows 10
 Faster and easier connections. ...
 Go password less.
 Name your desktops.
 See gaming in a whole new light.
 Customization and utility at your fingertips
 Memory improvements in Microsoft Edge.
 Stay on top of your numbers.

Question No 2:
A)
Let suppose a scenario that you watch HCI lectures of Virtual University, you
have two options you can watch through LMS or YouTube, for the method you
have selected, Write down the GOMS (Goals operators, methods and selection)
method
Answer
Goal.
What user want to activate the feature. That is memory point for user in this
scenario human computer interaction in involved.
Operators.
Lower level analysis perform the operator to the system. In this system our
mouse of keyboard is the operator where we write on keyboard or give the
command through mouse.
Method
In this way main goal split into sub goal and perform in managing way to perform
the action of the goals
Selection
Select b/w the compression as priority base and knowledge is presented

B
Suppose a scenario that you are working in excel sheets, and you have entered
many data and before closing the sheet, you forgot to save your data. What are
the safety measures Microsoft has designed to ensure to safe user’s data?
Answe
In this way there are two option
1 Auto save
2 Auto recover