Usable and Useful: On the Origins of Transparent Design in Personal Computing
| Autor: | Michael L. Black |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science Computer science business.industry 05 social sciences 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Technical information Transparency (human–computer interaction) USable Digital media Human-Computer Interaction World Wide Web Philosophy 0508 media and communications Software Order (business) Anthropology business 0503 education Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Science, Technology, & Human Values. 45:515-537 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8251 0162-2439 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0162243919865584 |
| Popis: | It is often taken for granted that personal computers today are designed to hide technical information in order to make software seem easier. While “transparency of interaction” has influenced popular understandings of computer systems, it also shapes our engagement with software as critics. This essay examines the origins of transparent design in different models of usability proposed by IBM and Apple in response to popular concerns over the inaccessibility of personal computers in the early 1980s. By tracing how and why transparency emerged from this period of crisis, we can better interrogate its justifications and imagine alternative relationships to computing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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