Kapitel 11 post-visual interfaces

-> process vs screen: principle one embrace typical processes instead of screens

Back Pocket Apps = funcionallity with Smart phone in our pocket (e.g. tracks movement, record activity, count steps)

• Reduce Screentime

• Pull Phone less out of pocket -> avoid brocken screen

-> new experience and design constraint

Feeling a phone vibrate when it hasn’t -> sign of screen overdependence

• We Are Constantly Distracted -> check phones over 100–150 times a day

• We Are Overwhelmed by Notifications -> hundreds of notifications daily; addictive business modell (try to keep you on the app / come back)

• Our Lives Are Structured Around Screens -> Constant interaction; even basic tasks are screen based

• We Accept Flawed UX as Normal-> broken screen, battery anxiety

• We Are Addicted to Visual Interfaces -> concept of Phantom Vibration Syndrome (VPS)

Screen time is a mirror of modern digital life:

• It shows how dependent, interrupted, and visually overloaded we are.

• It reveals that we may not control our interactions, but are instead controlled by attention-driven interface design.

pro:

• dont need key -> less mental load

con:

• need another smartphone app

• (back pocket version -> unlocks if not intendet to leave house?)

• what if phone gets stolen (hacked -> home location is saved on phone -> easy access)

• battery is empty

• how secure is the system

• what if internet is down?

• Problem: Current systems make users adapt to technology (e.g., complex password rules, confusing error messages).

-> Inversion: Let computers adapt to humans. They should help us, not demand we follow rigid rules.

-> learn what programms we use and when (the first few times)

• then select the program without needing the user to do it

• user only needs to change it if he want sth different

  
  

  -> washing machine adapts to the human

• we dont know what command will result in some outcome

• but we can input everything -> voice input is a guessing game

• powerful machine vs. limited set of possibilities

Vision:

• The best design reduces work.

• The best computer is unseen.

• The best interaction is natural.

• The best interface is no interface.

1. Embrace Processes instead of Screens

• Main idea: Don't design for visual attention. Design for invisible, background processes.

• Think about "back pocket apps": Apps that work without user interaction or being actively opened (e.g., health apps counting steps).

• Goal: Technology that integrates with life without pulling you into screens.

2. Leverage Computers Instead of Serving Them

• Problem: Current systems make users adapt to technology (e.g., complex password rules, confusing error messages).

• Inversion: Let computers adapt to humans. They should help us, not demand we follow rigid rules.

• Example: Instead of asking users to input structured data, systems should extract it from natural input (e.g., AI parsing emails or context).

3. Adapt to Individuals

• Systems should recognize users’ unique preferences, behaviors, and ways of speaking.

• One-size-fits-all interfaces fail to serve the diversity of users.

• Examples: personalized routes, favorite meals, speech patterns.