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**** CS575 *** By Jules R. NYA BAWEU. Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy !!!. Point of the book. We can create powerful and pleasurable software-based product by the simple expedient of designing our computer-based products before we build them. Note about the author Alan cooper.
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**** CS575 *** By Jules R. NYA BAWEU
Point of the book • We can create powerful and pleasurable software-based product by the simple expedient of designing our computer-based products before we build them
Note about the author Alan cooper • Founder of Cooper, a consulting firm specializing in the design of interactive products. • The "Father of Visual Basic"
Riddles for the Information Age • Survey of some fatal events that happened because the software creation process is out of control. • Crossing a computer with some of our familiar equipment can become frustrating.
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Warship • USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Warship • In 09/1997 during fleet maneuvers in the Atlantic, the guided-missile cruiser stopped dead in the water. • A Navy Tech. while calibrating an on-board fuel valve, entered a zero into the shipboard Mgment computers (200 MHz Pentium Pro with Win NT) • The program attempted to divide another number by that zero, which resulted in a complete crash of the entire shipboard control system
Computers Make It Easy to get into Trouble • This secretary had used MS word to draft a new contract for her boss.
Computers Make It Easy to get into Trouble • As usually the secretary clicked the save button and saved her document • The document was saved into the built-in “My document” folder
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with an Airplane • In Dec 1995, AA Flight 965 departed from Miami to Cali, Columbia • On landing the pilot entered “R” into his navigation computer • Instead of “ROZO”, the pilot selected “ROMEO” • The 757 ended up into a granite peak at 10,000 ft
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Camera • A Nikon CoolPix 900 – 3rd generation digital camera • Its setting button: Off/ARec/MRec/Play
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with an Alarm Clock • JVC FS-2000 – Sophisticated computer brain Alarm Clock • To set it up: press “Alarm” button 5 times • First time it display the time of the alarm
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with an Alarm Clock • Second time, it shows the time when it will turn the sound off • Third time, it shows whether it will play the radio or the CD • Fourth time, it shows the preset volume • Fifth time, it arms the alarm.
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Car • Porsche “Boxster” has seven Computers to manage its system • One of the computer is dedicated to managing the engine • If the fuel level in the gas tank got very low, the computer sensed it as a dramatic change and shut down the ignition and stop the car
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Bank • Process to get cash: identifying yourself, choosing the account, selecting the amount. • Problem !! There is a max. daily amount for each user. • If the user chooses an amount greater than the max, the system rejects the entire transaction