Tutorial Day at MobileHCI ‘08
– posted September 2nd, 2008 by Belen Barros No comments
I’ve changed Dublin’s rain for Amsterdam’s (even more) rain to attend MobileHCI. Today was tutorial day: 6 presentations that tried to summarise the evolution of the field over the last 10 years.
A few quotes that will make me think when I recover from the information overload:
“Fitts’ Law is the least important of UI laws. [With mobile devices] attention is the scarce resource, not time.”
Patrick Baudisch talking about designing for small screens.
He also did a tiny bit of iPhone bashing and called for an “eyesFreePhone” instead. As much as I love my iPhone, the man has a point.
“People are apathetic about current mobile internet services. Several users expressed that using internet on their phone would be the choice when all other options failed.“
Mirjana Spasojevic reporting on Nokia’s Web Field Research… and bursting the bubble.
“Think access to what’s essential, not browsing”
Mirjana Spasojevic again, on mobile web design principles.
She also explained how User Centered is mutating into Worth-Centered Design.
And showed some wonderfully simple diagrams that explain what UCD professionals do:
All presentation slides are available in Albrecht Schmidt’s blog, Chair of the Tutorial Day.
MobileHCI starts tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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