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Lab Activity 1 Hci (01ddt21f1009)
Lab Activity 1 Hci (01ddt21f1009)
Interaction
Duration: 2 Hours
Learning Outcomes
This Tutorial encompasses activities 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G.
Activity 1A
Complete the tables below by filling the empty spaces.
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Activity 1B
a) Based on Figure 1, identify the interface style and lists out the forms that it can
represent.
Figure 1
=Command Line Interface.
Advantages Disadvantages
The command-line interface uses less It is difficult to remember all the commands
memory. used in the CLI.
You don’t need to install windows to run The new user will be confusing and cannot
commands in CLI. All operating systems judge how the CLI can work and what to
support CLI. type in the CLI.
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Activity 1C
a. List four elements that WIMP interface stands represented.
-Window
-Icons
-Menus
-Pointer
b. Based on the answer in a, describe about the four listed elements and their examples.
-Window= A rectangular area on the screen where commonly used applications run
-Icons= A picture or symbol which is used to represent software application
-Menus= A list of options from which the user can choose what they require
-Pointer= A symbol such as an arrow which moves around the screen as you move your
mouse.
c. Based on the answer in a and b, discuss either some interactive computer systems that
display a virtual 3D space with user only interacts indirectly with this space—e.g., by
manipulating 2D widgets, entering coordinates, or choosing items from a menu. Does
this consider as 3D interfaces?
=Nope
Activity 1D
Answer all the questions based on Figure 2
Figure 2
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c) List out three weakness that is related to menu.
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Activity 1E
Answer all the questions based on Figure 3.
Figure 3
a) Based on Figure 3 above, natural language could be the most attractive way of
interacting with computer. Describe about the natural language style.
=An interface that allows users to interact with the computer using a human language.
b) Identify two limitations that are related with the style and also give the reason
associated with it.
= Reliability remains an issue - the interfaces can only respond to commands that have
been programmed.
- Highly complex to program and so only warrants this kind of interface where other
types of interface are unsuitable.
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Activity 1F
a. Differentiate between question/answer and query dialog layout. Give at least three
differences.
-the form interfaces will normally provides limited choices of option to interact with an
application.
Activity 1G
a. List at least four styles of web navigations.
-Text link
-Navigation Bar
-Tab navigation
-Breadcrumbs
b. Based on the answer in a, describe about the four listed elements and their examples.
*Text links
-Text links are words (text) which are surrounded by the anchor set of tags to create clickable
text which takes the visitor to another web page within your website, a downloadable
document from your website, or to another website on the Internet.
*Breadcrumbs
-Breadcrumb navigation shows the website visitor the path within your website to thepage
they are currently on.
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*Navigation Bar
-A navigation bar is the collection of website navigation links all grouped together. A
navigation bar can be horizontal or vertical.
*Tab Navigation
-Tab navigation is where the website navigations links appear as tabs, similar to thetabs you
use in a binder to divide the contents into sections.