UX Design / Article 1. Aug. 2010, HCI Vistas Vol-VI Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre Abstract: This article intends to disambiguate the use of a common concept "long-term usability' in the fields of a) digital preservation and b) user experience design. Though both topics are different, they are juxtaposed in this article, as they borrow some ideas from each other. Long-term UX policy, transcending multiple software life cycles has been discussed at length ...

  Research / Article 4.   Nov. 2009, HCI Vistas Vol-V   Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre Background This talk on 'Significance of Research and Paper Writing: Process & Benefits' was delivered at a workshop organized in the interest of the HCI community, on November 14, 2009, at Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune. In this presentation, Dr. Dinesh Katre shares his experience and passion to promote HCI / Usability research in India. (The ...

Design Research / Article 1. Jan. 2009, HCI Vistas Vol-V Author: Dr. Lene Nielsen Introduction This experiment originates from a comment posted on the forum connected to Journal of the HCI Vistas. Here Dinesh Katre wrote; I have always found it difficult to visualize or understand the characters illustrated in the books of P. G. Woodhouse because all are British personalities and I have not lived in Briton so long to understand ...

Design Research / Article 2. Feb. 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV Authors: Ganesh Bhutkar, Dinesh Katre, N. R. Rajhans Abstract This article briefly presents the findings of our initial survey conducted to identify the usability issues of selected medical devices used in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Our main objective is to understand the human factors and the perception of medical practitioners. The data is gathered through questionnaires, user interviews and ...

Design Research / Article 3. Feb. 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV International Expert for QA Session: Dr. Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen wrote her Ph.D. thesis Engaging Personas and Narrative Scenarios in 2004. She is usability consultant at Snitker & Co., Denmark. She is also the international mentor for HCI Vistas Global Initiative. Question/Answer Session on HCI-Vistas-Global YahooGroup was announced in Jan 2008. Dr. Lene Nielsen answered the questions ...

Design Research / Article 4. Feb. 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV Author: Atul Manohar Abstract User Centered Design methodology aims at getting inputs, and feedback from users and stakeholders at various stages of the development. The UCD team needs to interact with users number of times for identifying their requirements and for presenting the wireframes and prototypes of the solution. The luxury of meeting the users so frequently may not ...

Design Research / Article 1. Jan. 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV Author: Dr. Lene Nielsen I recently hosted a personas workshop aimed at innovation within dairy products. It was with some nervousness I went into a process that is quite far from IT, web design, mobile software, and the familiar boundaries of technology. Interestingly the personas method seems to function in other settings as well and more interestingly ...

Design Research / Article 5. Aug. 2007, HCI Vistas Vol-III Author: Janea Triplett Now that I have your attention, I'll tell you up front that what Janea follows is not a rant. It's not even a statement for or against Triplett political correctness. It's a caution-- words of warning about the creation of personas and the practice of user profiling. Even if one calls it the development of ...

Design Research / Article 3. First Published in July 2007, HCI Vistas Vol-III Author: Dr. Lene Nielsen Having worked with personas before the method ever came to be known as personas there are, from my research and practical experience, three important areas that have to be considered: the data material, engagement in the personas descriptions, and buy-in from the organization which is part of the development process whether ...

Design Research / Article 2. First Published in June 2007, HCI Vistas Vol-III Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre The icons or baby faces used as part of user interface have now turned into a major aspect of product branding. With powerful computers, enhanced graphics capabilities, advanced tools for illustration, and professionals to advocate rich user experience, icon design has become more important and complex than ever before! Windows Vista ...