Point of no Undo: Irreversible Interactions as a Design Strategy

要旨

Despite irreversibility being omnipresent in the lifeworld, research on interactions making use of irreversibility in computing systems is still in the early stages. User freedom – provided by the undo functionality – is considered to be a pillar of "usable" computer systems, overcoming irreversibility. Within this paper, we set up a thought experiment, challenging the "undo feature" and instead take advantage of irreversibility in the interaction with physical computing systems (tangibles, robots, etc). First, we present three material speculations, each inherently utilizing irreversibility. Second, we elaborate on the concept of irreversible interactions by contextualizing our work with critical HCI discourses and deducing three design strategies. Finally, we discuss irreversibility as a design element for self-reflection, meaningful acting, and a sustainable relationship with technology. While previously individual aspects of irreversibility have been explored, we contribute a comprehensive discussion of irreversible interactions in HCI presenting artifacts, a conceptualization, design strategies, and application purposes.

受賞
Honorable Mention
著者
Beat Rossmy
LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
Nađa Terzimehić
LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
Tanja Döring
University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Daniel Buschek
University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Alexander Wiethoff
LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
論文URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581433

動画

会議: CHI 2023

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2023.acm.org/)

セッション: Critical Perspectives and Critical Design

Hall B
6 件の発表
2023-04-27 01:35:00
2023-04-27 03:00:00