
ifm
System Manual
ecomat
mobile
PDM360NG (CR1080, CR1081, CR9042) Target V01
2011-07-28
Visualisations in the device
Recommendations for user interfaces
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7.1.2
Do you know the future users?
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The future users of the product should be known:
Age
Gender
Senses:
Eyesight
Hearing ability
Preferred hand (right or left hander)
Tactile
ability
Training and education:
General education level
Specific training seminars and experience
Motivation and cognitive abilities:
Perception (sense organs): Not all available information is used but massively filtered,
integrated and changed in many ways before it comes into awareness.
Thinking: The working memory where intellectual manipulation of information takes place has
a very small capacity.
Learning: The information stored in the long-term memory is often changed in advance (e.g.
due to expectations) and subsequently (e.g. by subsequent information).
Remembering: The information which is "actually" present in the long-term memory is often
not retrievable.
Motivation and concentration: fatigue, weariness, distractibility etc. can affect the cognitive
capability.
Familiarity with the problem or application area:
Be able to recognise dangers
Know what is to happen after an action
Intensity of the application (how often and how intensely is the product used)
Culture,
e.g.:
Language
Meaning of colours and symbols
Reading
direction