**** CS575 *** By Jules R. NYA BAWEU
Dec 26, 2015
Point of the book
We can create powerful and pleasurable software-based product by the simple expedient of designing our computer-based products before we build them
Note about the author Alan cooper
Founder of Cooper, a consulting firm specializing in the design of interactive products.
The "Father of Visual Basic"
Riddles for the Information Age
Survey of some fatal events that happened because the software creation process is out of control.
Crossing a computer with some of our familiar equipment can become frustrating.
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Warship
USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Warship
In 09/1997 during fleet maneuvers in the Atlantic, the guided-missile cruiser stopped dead in the water.
A Navy Tech. while calibrating an on-board fuel valve, entered a zero into the shipboard Mgment computers (Pentium Pro with Win NT)
The program attempted to divide another number by that zero, which resulted in a complete crash of the entire shipboard control system
Computers Make It Easy to get into Trouble
This secretary had used MS word to draft a new contract for her boss.
Computers Make It Easy to get into Trouble
As usually the secretary clicked the save button and saved her document
The document was saved into the built-in “My document” folder
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Airplane
In Dec 1995, AA Flight 965 departed from Miami to Cali, Columbia
On landing the pilot entered “R” into his navigation computer
Instead of “ROZO”, the pilot selected “ROMEO”
The 757 ended up into a granite peak at 10,000 ft
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Camera
A Nikon CoolPix 900 – 3rd generation digital camera
Its setting button: Off/ARec/MRec/Play
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with an Alarm Clock
JVC FS-2000 – Sophisticated computer brain Alarm Clock
To set it up: press “Alarm” button 5 times First time it display the time of the alarm
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with an Alarm Clock
Second time, it shows the time when it will turn the sound off
Third time, it shows whether it will play the radio or the CD
Fourth time, it shows the preset volume Fifth time, it arms the alarm.
What Do You Get When You Cross a Computer with a Car
Porsche “Boxster” has seven Computers to manage its system
One of the computer is dedicated to managing the engine
If the fuel level in the gas tank got very low, the computer sensed it as a dramatic change and shut down the ignition and stop the car