On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Morten Hjerde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm currently thinking a lot about spatial reasoning and spatial memory > related to small screens. > > Does anyone know about additional resources or research on spatial memory?
I don't have time to dig deep into my human factors articles and research right now. Check in, though, with the US Air Force human factors guidelines. Anecdotally, we frequently test applications using one softkey paradigm (e.g., Options on left, Back on right) on devices with another softkey paradigm (primary action on left, menu on right, Back on Back button). What we've found is that after about 20-25 minutes of using an application and then returning to the native UI is that we start committing errors. Lots of errors. While using something we are very familiar with, and even expert at. Seriously check out aeronautics. There was a WWII plane in which the seat ejection lever was in the same location and the same action as another aircraft's landing gear deployment. Many airplanes were lost due to the muscle memory. What's worse is the B-57 Canberra, deployed in the 60's, had the same problem. Similarly, there was a specification for a cockpit layout for a specific aircraft. However, manufacturer A made it left-to-right, and manufacturer B made it right-to-left. The result was even more errors. -- Barbara Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-785-838-3003 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
