W.P. Sharpe
Appliance Studieo Ltd.
S.P. Stenton
Hewlett-Packard Research Labs
Introduction
Appliances and “Applianceness”
Information Appliance Characteristics
Everyday Things
Focused Function
Work Together as Peers
Portable
Personal
Task Closure
Direct User Interface
Conceptual approach to Appliance Design
Operational Context
Whole System Approach
Right Thing Here and Now
Attention
Ambience, Affect, and Attitude
Single in Function, Open in Purpose
Closure
Direct User Interface
Sensory Motor Interaction
Immediacy
Transparency
Mediation Vs.Automation
Omnishare
The Network Effect and Naive media
Acknowledgments
References
Figure 37.1: The use of some appliances is an acquired skill.
Figure 37.2: Road signs demonstrate situated instruction.
Figure 37.3: Room sign outside the Neptune meeting room.
Figure 37.4: The industrial design model of the Piglet prototype
Figure 37.5: The Omnishare product released in 1994.
Figure 37.6: Appliances should be human-centered, individually useful, and just work together.