Testing Predictions of Semiotic Engineering in Human-Computer Interaction
Resumo
This paper presents an overview of Semiotic Engineering and proposes a method for testing predictions derived from semiotically-motivated interface design principles, based on a small-scale experiments. In Semiotic Engineering, systems are viewed as complex messages sent from designers to users. The fundamentais of this approach are drawn from Umberto Eco's Theory of Sign Production. The long-range goal of Semiotic Engineering is to contribute for a theory of HCI design and the proposed principles must be experimentally tested to validate the theory. Preliminary test methods and results reported here suggest methodological procedures for some needed experimental studies.
Palavras-chave:
theoretic approaches to HCI design, semiotic theory, visual interface languages, test methods
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Appleby, D. (1990) Programming Languages. New York. MacGraw-Hill.
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Syntactic Structures. The Hague. Mouton.
Chomsky, N. (1963) Formal Properties of Grammars. Luce, Bush and Galanter (eds.) Handbook of Mathematical Psychology. Vol. ll. New York NY. Wiley. pp. 323-418
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Draper, S.W. (1986) Display Managers as the Basis for User-Machine Communication. Norman and Draper (eds.) User Centered System Design. pp. 339-352
Eco, U. (1976) A Theory of Semiotics. Bloomington, IN. Indiana University Press. (First Midiand Book Edition, 1979)
Halasz, F. and T.P. Moran (1982) Analogy Considered Harmful. Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, March 15-17, 1982, Gaithersbury, Md.
Hjelmslev, L. (1963) Prolegomena to a Theory of Language. Menasha, WI. University of Winsconsin Press.
Hutchins, E.L.; Hollan, J.D.; and Norman, D.A. (1986) Direct Manipulation Interfaces. Norman and Draper (eds.) User Centered System Design. pp. 87-124
Kammersgaard, J. (1988) Four different perspectives on human-computer interaction. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies (1988) 28, pp. 343-362.
Nadin, M. (3988) Interface design: A semiotic paradigm. Semiotica 69 - 3/4 (1988), pp.269-302.
Norman, D.A. (1986) Cognitive Engineering. Norman and Draper (eds.) User Centered System Design. pp.31-61
Norman, D.A. and S.W. Draper (1986). User Centered System Design. Hilisdale, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Payne,S.J. e Green,T.R.G. (1986) Task-Action Grammars: a Model of the Mental Representation of Task Languages. Human-Computer Interaction 1986, volume 2, pp. 93-133.
Schneiderman, B. (1983) Direct Manipulation: a Step beyond Programming Languages. IEEE Computer 16(8), 57-69
Winograd, T and F. Flores (1986) Understanding Computers and Cognition: New Foundations for Design. Norwood, NJ. Ablex.
Publicado
26/10/1994
Como Citar
SOUZA, Clarisse Sieckenius de.
Testing Predictions of Semiotic Engineering in Human-Computer Interaction. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA DE SOFTWARE (SBES), 8. , 1994, Curitiba/PR.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
1994
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p. 51-62.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbes.1994.24459.
