Metaphors as Tools for Intuitive Interaction with Technology
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Intuitive interaction with technology is based on the unconscious application of prior knowledge by the user. Using conceptual metaphor theory and a continuum model of prior knowledge a quantitative review of 77 research articles on user interface metaphors was conducted. Of the 105 metaphors extracted, only 26 were found to draw on sensorimotor knowledge proposed to be the preferred knowledge level for designing intuitive interaction. Using Johnson’s (1987) theory on image schemas and their metaphorical extensions it is shown how user interface design might benefit from tapping sensorimotor knowledge. An experimental approach to test the validity of the image schema and conceptual metaphor theories in user interface design is presented with an investigation of the UP-DOWN image schema. When interacting with vertical button arrangements that are compatible with conceptual metaphor users are faster than with incompatible button arrangements. Compatible button arrangements are also judged to be more suitable than incompatible ones. Die Grundlage intuitiver Benutzung besteht in der unbewussten Anwendung von Vorwissen durch den Benutzer. Anhand eines Vorwissensmodells und der konzeptuellen Metapherntheorie als Basis wurde eine quantitative Durchsicht von 77 Forschungsartikeln zu User Interface Metaphern durchgeführt. Von den extrahierten 105 Metaphern konnten nur 26 in die, für die Gestaltung intuitiver Benutzung favorisierten, Ebene des sensomotorischen Wissens klassifiziert werden. Mit Hilfe der Theorie der Image Schemata und ihren metaphorischen Erweiterungen von Johnson (1987) wird gezeigt, welche Vorteile der Einsatz sensomotorischen Wissens für die Gestaltung von Benutzungsschnittstellen birgt. Eine experimentalpsychologische Methode wird vorgestellt, mit dem die Gültigkeit der Image Schema Theorie für die Gestaltung von Benutzungsschnittstellen anhand des up-down Schemas überprüft wird. Bei der Interaktion mit vertikal angeordneten Tasten, deren Beschriftungen kompatibel mit konzeptuellen Metaphern sind, sind die Benutzer nicht nur schneller als mit inkompatiblen Beschriftungen die kompatiblen Beschriftungen werden auch als besser geeignet für die Dateneingabe eingeschätzt.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007