Human-Computer Interaction 3e ­ Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale

exercises  -  5. interaction design basics

EXERCISE 5.2

The exercises 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 are based around a nuclear reactor scenario on the web at: www.hcibook.com/e3/scenario/nuclear You will need to read the scenario in order to answer these exercises.

Comment on the user of colour in the Alarm Control, Emergency Shutdown and Emergency Confirm panels (figure CS.2)

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Other exercises in this chapter

ex.5.1 (tut), ex.5.2 (tut), ex.5.3 (tut), ex.5.4 (tut), ex.5.5 (tut)

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