HCI Project 2007

HCI 2 is a module at the Computer Science school at the University of Birmingham. The HCI Project 2007 blog is the place where the team will discuss ideas and processes involved in developing a 'useful piece of technology' for our target audience - children <= 11 years old.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Questionnaire Analysis

The questionnaires filled in by our target audience flagged up a few issues with our initial design.

One of the more important and serious points that was rasied was usage by left-handed people.
Currently the whole device is designed to be used in the right hand, but this could be a problem for approximately 12% of the population. We need to look into developing either 2 different devices, or 1 that is somehow usable by both groups of people.

The test subjects also commented that the size of the device could be increased, both to provide a larger, more readable screen, and also for ergonomic reasons.
The device was reported to be quite "square" and therefore more difficult to hold than it could be if it had added grips or curves. A suggestion would be to "mould" the device around the natural curves of the hand to ensure maximum comfort for users.

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