Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature

Henning Pohl, Andreea Muresan, Kasper Hornbæk

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapportKonferencebidrag i proceedingsForskningpeer review

35 Citationer (Scopus)
477 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Human-computer interaction is replete with ways of talking about qualities of interaction or interfaces, including if they are expressive, rich, fluid, or playful. An example of such a quality is subtle. While this word is frequently used in the literature, we lack a coherent account of what it means to be subtle, how to achieve subtleness in an interface, and what theoretical backing subtleness has. To create such an account, we analyze a sample of 55~publications that use the word subtle. We describe the variants of subtle interaction in the literature, including claimed benefits, empirical approaches, and ethical considerations. Not only does this create a basis for thinking about subtleness as a quality of interaction, it also works to show how to solidify varieties of quality in HCI. We conclude by outlining some open empirical and conceptual questions about subtleness.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19
Antal sider15
ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato2019
Artikelnummer418
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2019
Begivenhed2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019 - Glasgow, Storbritannien
Varighed: 4 maj 20199 maj 2019

Konference

Konference2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
Land/OmrådeStorbritannien
ByGlasgow
Periode04/05/201909/05/2019
SponsorACM SIGCHI

Citationsformater