List of human-computer interaction topics

This is a list of topics in human-computer interaction.

General

* accessibility and Computer accessibility
* adaptive autonomy
* affordance
* banner blindness
* contextual design and contextual inquiry
* gender HCI
* gulf of execution
* habituation
* human action cycle
* human interface device
* human-machine interface
* interaction
* interaction technique
* look and feel
* mode
* principle of least astonishment
* progressive disclosure
* transparency (computing)
* usability and usability testing
* user, luser
* user-friendliness
* user interface and user interface design
* user interface engineering and usability engineering

History

* Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad
* History of automated adaptive instruction in computer applications
* history of the GUI

Related fields

* psychology
** human memory
** human perception
*** sensory system
* sociology and social psychology
* cognitive science
* human factors / ergonomics
** repetitive strain injury
* computer science
** computer graphics
** artificial intelligence
** computer vision
* visualization
** information visualization
** scientific visualization
** knowledge visualization
* design
** industrial design
** graphic design and aesthetics
** information design
** interaction design
* library and information science, information science
* information security
** HCISec
* speech-language pathology
* personal information management
* phenomenology

Hardware

Hardware input/output devices and peripherals:
* List of input devices
** unit record equipment
** barcode scanner
** keyboard
*** computer keyboard
*** keyboard shortcut
*** ways to make typing more efficient: command history, autocomplete, autoreplace and Intellisense
** microphone
** pointing device
*** computer mouse
**** mouse chording
* List of output devices
** visual devices
*** graphical output device
*** display device
*** computer display
*** projector
*** computer printer
*** plotter
** auditory devices
*** speakers
*** earphones
** tactile devices
*** refreshable Braille display
*** braille embosser
*** Haptic devices

Interface design methods

* Affordance Analysis
* bodystorming
* Contextual design
* focus group
* iterative design
* participatory design
* pictive user interface workshop method
* rapid prototyping
* Scenario Based Design (SBD)
* task analysis/task modeling
* user-centered design
* User scenario
* value-sensitive design
* Wizard of Oz experiment

Usability

* Usability testing
* heuristic evaluation
* cognitive walkthrough
* usability lab

Models and laws

* Hick's law
* Fitts' law
* Steering law
* GOMS - Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules
* keystroke-level modelling (KLM)

Interaction styles

* Command line interface
* Graphical user interface (GUI)
** Copy and paste, Cut and paste
** Single Document Interface, Multiple Document Interface, Tabbed Document Interface
* WIMP (computing)
* point-and-click
* drag-and-drop
* cursor
* widget (computing)
* direct manipulation interface
* desktop, desktop metaphor, desktop environment, (the paper paradigm)
* window managers
* WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
* Zooming user interface (ZUI)
* Crossing-based interfaces

Interaction paradigms

* hypertext, hypermedia and hyperlinks
* speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language processing, non-speech audio input
* mouse gestures and handwriting recognition
* haptics, telehaptics
* Computer-mediated reality
** Virtual reality (VR)
** Augmented reality (AR)
* CSCW: Computer Supported Collaborative (or Cooperative) Work, collaborative software
* Ubiquitous computing ("ubicomp")
* Wearable computers, Wearable computing and cyborgs
* brain-computer interface

Miscellaneous

* handheld devices
* Human Computer Information Retrieval
* Information retrieval
* Internet and the World Wide Web
* multimedia
* Software agents
* universal usability
* user experience design
* visual programming languages

People

* Bill Buxton
* Douglas Engelbart
* Paul Fitts
* Alan Kay
* Steve Mann
* Ted Nelson
* Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant)
* Donald Norman
* Jef Raskin
* George G. Robertson
* Robert Spence
* Ivan Sutherland
* Terry Winograd

Industrial labs and companies

Industrial labs and companies known for innovation and research in HCI:
* Alias Wavefront
* Apple Computer
* AT&T Labs
* Bell Labs
* HP Labs
* Microsoft Research
* SRI International (formerly "Stanford Research Institute")
* Xerox PARC

Notable systems and prototypes

* Office of the future (1940s)
* Sketchpad (1963)
* Dynabook (circa 1970)
* Xerox Alto (1973)
* Xerox Star (1981)
* Apple Macintosh (1984)
* Knowledge Navigator (1987)
* Project Looking Glass (circa 2003 or 2004)
* The Humane Environment (alpha release, 2004)

Movies

Movies featuring interesting user interfaces:
* (1968)
* Star Wars (1977)
* Alien (1979)
* Blade Runner (1982)
* Tron (film) (1982)
* The Last Starfighter (1984)
* Ghost in the Shell (1991/1995)
* The Lawnmower Man (1992)
* Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
* The Matrix (1999)
* Serial Experiments Lain
* (2001)
* Minority Report (2002)
* I, Robot (2004)
* Ironman (2008)