Meaning of Usability

What Does Usability Mean:

Looking Beyond ‘Ease of Use’

ISO 9241 standard: 

"The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use"

• Effective
• Efficient
• Engaging
• Error Tolerant
• Easy to Learn

Addresses

If you need to reach this Web Page, there follows the address:
http://navigatingcomputersforolliusers.blogspot.com

If you need to reach me by email, use this address:
jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Class Notes from Session I

Notes

for Navigating Computers

Session I

June 2, 2016

In last Thursday's Session, we got acquainted and formed a starting list of issues that we feel are important at the outset.  Our plan was to use the week to think about which of the issues are in our priorities.  So, think about the list below, AND any other matters you would like to include that came to you after our first meeting.  Give me in writing, either in reply to the email or as a comment following this post on this web page, your own short list of 3 to 5 burning questions.

• How is the Computer organized?
• Catch up to latest skills
• Spreadsheets?
• Specific Resources
• Configuration & Usability
• Getting Help!!!!  On the Web, at the PC
• Viruses!!!
• Where is my work???
• Windows 10
• What has happened to my work???
• Cloud
• Equipment
• file types
• Information
• Printing
• Lists
• Downloading
• Security, Permissions, Passwords
• Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux
• Internet Access Provider
• Organizing photos
• Backup and Recovery and Storage
• Personal Projects
• How to get human help?
• Slide shows and presentations
• FOLDOC?

Notes

for Navigating Computers

June 2, 2016

• How is it organized?
• Catch up.
• Spreadsheets?
• Specific Resources
• Configuration & Usability
• Getting Help!!!!
• Viruses!!!
• Where is my work???
• Windows 10
• What has happened to my work???
• Cloud
• Equipment
• http://navigatingcomputersforolliusers.blogspot.com
• jimmonomoy@gmail.com
• file types
• Information
• Printing
• Lists
• Downloading
• Security, Permissions, Passwords
• Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux
• Internet Access Provider
• Organizing photos
• Backup and Recovery and Storage
• Personal Projects
• How to get human help?
• Slide shows and presentations
• FOLDOC?

Error Message

I got a big laugh out of this error message that I received from Wikipedia today!  (laughter among the tears.

Now, whenever I am asked a question I can't answer, I'll just claim "SSL Handshake Aborted."  Won't that be okee-dokee with you?

Session I -- Overview and Survey the Class for the Burning Questions

• Who's in Charge Here?
• Where is the ON/OFF Switch?
• What Are User Goals?
• Which Questions Are Burning Questions?
• The Computer Process
• Input
• Process
• Memory
• Storage
• Output
• Memory
• Storage
• The Parts of an Info System
• People
• Hardware
• Software
• Data
• Procedures
• Communication

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