Intro to Computer Interaction Reviewer

Human computer interaction

 Study where humans/users have clean interaction through interface

Early Computer Interactions (In order)

 ENIAC (1943)
- Computer in the US
- Electronic Numerical Integrator
 Harvard Mark 1 (1944)
- 55ft long
- 8ft high
- A giant calculator basically
 IBM SSEC (1948)
- IBM’s first calculating machine
- Modified stored program
- 12,000 vacuum tubes and 21,000 electromechanical relays
 Stretch (1961)
- IBM’s first attempt at transistorized
- Designed to stretch the speed of its vacuum tube
- Subsequent computers

Early Interactions

 Mechanical
 Poor feedback
 Specialist use only
 Process Control
 Calculations
 No intentions to address the mass market

Principles of Human Computer Interaction

 Useful (the function itself)

 Usable (the smooth usage and accuracy)
 Used (what attracts users to use the function)