The new HCI? Navigation of information space

摘要

When we use the term 'human-computer interaction'(HCI), the image that is conjured up is of a person sitting at a visual display unit staring in at the world of "information'; the person is very much outside the space of information. But when we think of other activities such as going shopping, having a meeting or driving across town, we do not think of the person as outside this space. On the contrary, we see the person as inside a space of activities, surrounded by, and interacting with, assorted artefacts and people. Navigation of Information Space is an alternative conceptualisation of HCI that sees people as existing inside information spaces.