[IxDA Discuss] Interaction design is design of time

[Stewart Dean]

Hi,  just been scanning this thread and I was taught on my interactive 
system design course that it is about time and space, although I can't 
remember Einstein coming up in the lessons.  The terminology used that has 
stuck with for over ten years is time and space multiplexing. To my mind the 
idea that all interaction design uses a combination of time and space still 
very much rings true. For example of extremes an automated phone system uses 
time and a book uses space. Most web design uses space multiplexing mostly - 
with the time element coming into play with the concept of flipping between 
pages.

Anyway, that's my tuppence.

Cheers

Stewart Dean

>From: Gunnar Langemark <gunnar at langemark.com>
>CC: discuss at lists.interactiondesigners.com
>Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction design is design of time
>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:07:09 +0200
>
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>
>Not intending to be rude or anything - I nevertheless decide to invade
>this thread....
>:-)
>
>I'm not sure Einstein would have agreed that space is a subcategory of 
>time.
>
>While I find your argument interesting - I don't agree on the conclusion.
>
>Sure: Every kind of interaction takes place in time.
>But equally: All kinds of experiences of and in time - are situated in
>space (relative to other places/spaces).
>
>So in my world - time and space are on the same level of importance -
>and as such the information space and the interaction time - are equally
>important, and weigh in with different emphasis - on different projects.
>Exactly as in the graphic.
>
>Best
>Gunnar Langemark
>http://www.langemark.com
>
>Challis Hodge wrote (or was it Oleh?):
> > The classification illustrated by the diagram is misleading. Both UI
> > and IA should be viewed as branches of interaction design.
> >
> > Why UI design is interaction design? Take a look at any illustration
> > of eye tracking of UI. They unfold in time. Hence guided time
> > perception is indelible from UI design. Users spend time looking and
> > discovering familiar patterns and use them as anchors for further
> > interactions.
> >
> > Why IA is interaction design? It is primary goal is reducing time of
> > finding relevant information.
> >
> >
>
> > Oleh Kovalchuke
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