Over 15 years ago, when I was a student at UMBC, I visited the library everyday to use the Wi-Fi to work on assignments. I was at my mother’s house. I walked to the library everyday using a shortcut - I thought of it as the scenic way to get to the library.
A nice neighbor told us about the shortcut. Maybe she noticed that I was not my best ( I was a little ill). That neighbor was very friendly and kind. I played her piano on a rare occasion when I visited.
The article for today is:
Exploring the interface design of assisting children to find books in the library using smartwatches
By Wei-Ching Wang, Chun-Ching Chen, Ko-Chiu Wu, 2017
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7991154
It includes designs for a smartwatch that children could use to find books in the library. Different designs/solutions are needed for children because they are likely to use the "standard" devices incorrectly. The researchers used information from (expert) interviews as well as analysis of current products to assess the design for smaller interfaces. They came up with guidelines for the design of smaller interfaces - mobile phones, smartwatches. I know that navigation could be a challenge for smaller interfaces so I am happy that they designed the book-finding user interface and also prepared a navigation flow of the smartwatch interface. Navigation affects usability.
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