What is HCI and what is its field ?

Human computer interaction (HCI) is an interdisciplinary field in which computer scientists, engineers, psychologists, social scientists, and design professionals play important roles. The main aim of HCI is to solve real problems in the design and use of technology, devices, software and any other type of device, user use in their everyday life, by  making them easier to use and more effective for people. It is critical to the success of any systems that people will interact (Wania et al, 2007). There are different HCI principles; however the most followed are the (Rogers et al., 2015).

• Visibility
• Feedback
• Constraint
• Consistency
• Affordance

They provide the basic steps that should be taken in consideration; thus the system or device that will be made from different members and specialist in order to be successfully and enjoyable for the users (Carroll, n.d). Moreover there are some user experiences that should be taken also very deep and 

serious. They are:

•  Effectives (be effective and do the task right)
•  Efficiency(be efficient and do the task on time)
•  Safety(to be safe)
• Utility(be able to be used anywhere and anytime)
•  Learnability(easy to learn)
•  Memorability(easy to remember and recognize)(Rogers et al., 2015) 

All of the above are very important and have only one purpose; the satisfaction of the user. This should be the only aim that all the members in the line of process and making of the device or software, must to have in their mind as an objective, therefore any mistakes and problems are immediately find and resolved, and try to satisfied as much as possible any extra needs the users could have.

Figure 1: HCI members involved in a making of any system or device (Singh, 2015).

List of References:

Wania, E., Atwood, M., McCain, K.(2007). Mapping the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), [Online] Available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/meet.14504301233/pdf [Accessed on]: 9/10/17

Carroll, J. (n.d), The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed., [Online] Available at : https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/human-computer-interaction-brief-intro [Accessed on]: 9/10/17

Singh, M. (2015), Human computer interaction, [Online] Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/mayureshsingh33/human-computer-interaction-48293647 [Accessed on]: 9/10/17

Rogers, Y., Preece, J., Sharp, H. (2015). Interaction Design: Beyond Human-computer Interaction. 4th Edition. Wiley.