Ethics and Social Issues in HCI: Privacy, Persuasive Technology and Dark Patterns
The same skills that make an interface easy can make it easy to trick people, and designers choose which.
What this unit covers
Unit 6: Web, Mobile and Accessible Interface Design, Emerging Technologies and Ethics
- 1 Web Usability and Responsive DesignVisitors do not read web pages; they scan, and one layout must now serve a 5-inch phone and a 27-inch monitor. · 12 min
- 2 Mobile Interaction and Touch-Based InterfacesA thumb, a small screen, a bumpy bus ride and a weak signal, and the design still has to work. · 12 min
- 3 Accessibility, Inclusive Design and Assistive TechnologiesDesign for the edges, and the middle gets a better product for free. · 12 min
- 4 The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2)Four principles, thirteen guidelines and a set of testable checks that turn "make it accessible" into a to-do list. · 10 min
- 5 Emerging Topics in HCI: Human-AI Interaction, Extended Reality and Ubiquitous ComputingWhen the computer talks back, surrounds the user or disappears into a wristband, the old principles get new jobs. · 13 min
- 6 Ethics and Social Issues in HCI: Privacy, Persuasive Technology and Dark PatternsThe same skills that make an interface easy can make it easy to trick people, and designers choose which. · 13 min