An Ecological Approach to Interface Design

John M. Flach; Kim J. Vicente; Fumiya Tanabe; Kazuo Monta; Jens Rasmussen

doi:10.1177/154193129804200324

An Ecological Approach to Interface Design

John M. Flach, Kim J. Vicente, Fumiya Tanabe, Kazuo Monta, Jens Rasmussen

Wright State University

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Abstract

Four approaches to interface design are considered: technology centered, user centered, control centered, and use centered (ecological). Each perspective provides unique insights into pieces of the interface design problem. However, it is argued that the ecological or use centered approach provides a more comprehensive framework within which the other three perspectives can play important supporting roles. This approach goes beyond issues of information requirements to address meaning as an emergent property of a dynamic work ecology.

Original language	American English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/154193129804200324
State	Published - Oct 1 1998
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - Duration: Sep 1 2004 → …

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Conference	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Period	9/1/04 → …

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Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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