People and Computers XVII - Designing for Society - Proceedings of HCI 2003 (Paperback, Edition. ed.)

This volume contains the full papers presented at HCI 2003, the 17th Annual Conference of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society. The conference has become the premier annual conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Europe. Attracting researchers, practitioners, educators and users from all over the world, with interests in many facets of human-computer interaction, usability and interactive systems, these published proceedings form an important part of the archive of HCI research. As advances in computing and communications technologies extend the human-computer interface beyond the desktop and into our clothes, streets and buildings, mobile and pervasive applications provide exciting challenges and opportunities. People and Computers XVII - Designing for Society, addresses the main areas of HCI research while focusing on its position and usage within today’s society. The papers raise and discuss numerous questions, such as: · How do we design for usability when human-computer interaction is dispersed and interwoven throughout our environment? · How can we understand and account for the web of influences amongst society, environment and technology? · How do we interact successfully with and through devices and networks with many form factors? · And, how do we design these devices?