HCI 2.0? Usability meets web 2.0

Alan Dix*, Laura Cowen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The web has already dramatically changed society, but the web itself is changing. Web2.0 sites mean that users have become the producers of content and the designers of each others' viewing experience. Technologies such as AJAX combined with public Javascript libraries have allowed applications to be deployed that once would have required extensive programming. Open APIs and mashups make it difficult to tell the difference between a service, and application or a web page. So what are the challenges for HCI when every user is designer, and every menu a different behaviour, when experience outranks efficiency, and connectivity replaces consistency?

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPeople and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It - Proceedings of HCI 2007
Subtitle of host publicationThe 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference
PublisherBritish Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781902505954
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event21st British HCI Group Annual Conference: People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It, HCI 2007 - Lancaster, United Kingdom
Duration: 3 Sept 20077 Sept 2007

Publication series

NamePeople and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It - Proceedings of HCI 2007: The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference

Conference

Conference21st British HCI Group Annual Conference: People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It, HCI 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLancaster
Period3/09/077/09/07

Keywords

  • AJAX
  • End-user programming
  • Social networking
  • User experience
  • Web 2.0

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