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 ...

 UX Design / Article 9.  Dec. 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV  Author: Dr. Vladimir L. Averbukh Abstract The work is devoted to a problem of search of metaphors for interactive systems and systems based on Virtual Reality (VR) environments. The analysis of magic fairy tales as a source of metaphors for interface and virtual reality is offered. Some results of design process based on magic metaphors are considered. 1. Introduction This work is devoted to ...

UX Design / Article 7. June 2008, HCI Vistas Vol-IV Author: Chandan Sharma (In case of eBusiness and online marketing, the potential customers are users too. Their interaction with the eBusiness software needs to be considered from user's point of view. However, their business transactions have to be seen from customer's point of view. We are using the popular term 'User Experience' quite often in the article. However, ...

User Experience Design / Article 8. Sept. 2007, HCI Vistas Vol-III Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre It is a pleasure to share with you, one of the most fascinating examples of user experience design. It is from the real world. We can design better quality of user experiences in the technology domain if we take some lessons from the real world, which is the source of it. This example ...

User Experience Design / Article 7. Sept. 2007, HCI Vistas Vol-III Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre A comprehensive model of User Experience is metaphorically visualized as the prism. It encompasses all types of products. The first triangle of the prism is formed by the User, Design and Technology. These are the three constants of any product creation process. It is the triangle of 'Product Creation' (design + development). The second triangle of the prism ...

Experience Design / Article 3. First Published in June 2006, HCI Vistas Vol-II Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre My previous article The Paradox of User Experience Design, mentions that 'absence of any experience, while meeting all the objectives effortlessly, can be the ultimate measure for usability'. It invoked interesting reactions from many readers. Therefore, I thought of elaborating this concept further for clarity. Both 'user experience' and 'user inexperience' ...

Experience Design / Article 2. First Published in June 2006, HCI Vistas Vol-II Author: Dr. Dinesh Katre . The Merging Boundaries: User Experience Design has become popular and gaining a lot of acceptance in IT industry. Recent thought sharing on 'roles and processes' involved in User Experience Design on Yahoo Group has made me ponder over it more seriously, as the participants have been discussing 'Usability Engineering' under the ...