Development of Human-Computer Interfaces

This chapter covers a series of topics which relate to research issues in interface design. First interface design is reviewed within the wider context of system design and prototyping, which is followed by examination of the evaluation of human-computer interfaces. Some approaches to the problem of interface design for different types of users are reviewed, that is, the concept of adaptive and intelligent interfaces. Within this topic, user interface software (generally termed ‘user interface managers’) is reviewed. Finally, formal specification methods for interface design are described, concluding with a discussion on future developments in human-computer interface design.