Usability Attributes of the Celluloid Interface: Perceptions of Interactivity in the Age of 'Blade Runner'

摘要

A user interface can broadly be defined as being those attributes of a system that a user connects with. It is a conceptual structure made up of an input language for the client, an output language for the system and a modus operandi for choreographing interaction. The usability of an interface is defined as the efficiency and level of gratification with which users can accomplish tasks in a specific environment of a product. High usability means that a system is typically easy to learn and remember; efficient, visually and perhaps aurally satisfying and fun to use; as well as swift in its capacity to recover from errors (Nielsen, 1993). Some media theorists view cinema as being a kind of cultural interface for society that acts akin to a collective consciousness (Manovich, 2001) but more generally the notion of the user interface is applied within the context of human-computer interaction. What is the mainstream public's view of the human-machine interface?