September 21, 2017

Thursday of Week 5

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Online references

Questions and exercises

  1. Identify two characteristics of good user interfaces. For one, give an example of a program you've used that had that characteristic; for the other, give an example of a program that didn't.
  2. Come up with your own example of an affordance on a real-life object (not a computer program) that you have used. Did the affordance match up with the intended use of the object?
  3. Web and app users come from every country in the world and from all economic strata. Identify at least two ways that you've seen an app or website accommodate that diversity.
  4. People with various types and levels of disability also need to be able to use computer programs. What is something that you, as a programmer, can do to make your program more accessible to users with disabilities?

Assignments

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