Comparative study of users experiential data collection techniques for human computer interaction design in cross cultural setting

Abstract

User Centred Design UCD process employed in solving design problems in the area of Human Computer Interaction has to rely on the data from the users to generate predictive usersD mental models of the interaction These mental models become the basis of specifications and heuristics for the designers to conceptualize new interaction patterns and Graphic User Interfaces for software products As computers become ubiquitous the need for understanding usersD mental models from a deeper cognitive