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interaction design innovating workstations

Giorgio De Michelis

Marco Loregian

Claudio Moderini

pp. 71-78

in: Ilpo Koskinen (ed), Interaction design in Italy, Knowledge, Technology & Policy 22 (1), 2009.

Abstract

In the last 30 years, there has been little innovation in workstations. The desktop metaphor has become the standard user interface, with its pros (e.g., ease of learning) and cons (e.g., interaction constraints for skilled users, lack of context awareness).