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Interaction Design History Spring 2025

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  • In the Beginning
    • Early Writing & Pictography
  • Industrial Age
    • Lovelace & Gilbreth
    • Gestalt Principles & Fitts Law
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  • Silicon Age
    • Mid-Century Innovations
    • Lucy Suchman
    • Xerox Star
  • Computer Age
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  • Information Age
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    • Web 2.0
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    • AI and UX Ethics
    • IXD Futures Diagram
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Web 2.0 vs New Web

April 30, 2025May 10, 2025

Since the term “Web 2.0” was coined in 2004, it has changed the way we use the Internet. This […]

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About Lucy Suchman

April 29, 2025

Lucy Suchman’s research fundamentally changed our understanding of “whether technology is suitable for human use.” Her study of photocopier […]

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Pictography & Modern Icons

April 29, 2025

Twitter Icon (Bird) The bird represents “sending a message.” Users need to understand that this refers to the message-sending […]

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Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth

April 29, 2025

Ada Lovelace was the first programmer. She wrote programs for early “computers” and predicted that machines could handle music […]

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GUI and Personal Computer

April 4, 2025

  Graphical user interfaces have come a long way since the early Macintosh and Windows days – they are […]

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Computers Then and Now

April 2, 2025

The graphical interface since the early Macintosh, Windows days has changed tremendously. In terms of speed and what is […]

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Evolution of structures – retention of core concepts

April 1, 2025

Early computer screens, like those on the first Macintosh or Windows computers, had a simple look with basic windows, […]

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User Interface Evolving

April 1, 2025April 7, 2025

User interface has changed a lot since the early days of Macintosh and Windows. Back then, things were more […]

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From Clicks to Touch: How GUIs Have Changed and What Still Needs Work

April 1, 2025

Since the first Macintosh in 1984 and Windows 1.0 in 1985, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have changed a lot. […]

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Evolution of Graphical User Interfaces

April 1, 2025

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have changed a lot since the early days of Macintosh and Windows, but some basic […]

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