World Usability Day 2007 November 8, 2007

When?

Thursday, November 8, 9.30-12.00

Where?

Torg 2 at the IT University of Gothenburg
Forskningsgången 6, Hus Patricia, 417 56 Göteborg (Lindholmen)

How?

9.30-10.00 Coffee

10.00-11.00 So... does the iPhone live up to its hype?

inUse has pin-pointed the iPhone against three top of the line competitors in a comparing usage test of the most crucial scenarios. Peter Erhard and Ingrid Ottersten reviews the results from one of the first comparing usage tests of the iPhone. (Talk in Swedish)

11.00-12.00 Playability vs. usability?

Games have in the last decades grown in cultural importance due to the introduction of home computers and game consoles. The interactive format of games requires this multidisciplinary design field to consider how to deal with usability. In this talk, Staffan Björk will present his views on how playability and usability relate to each other and what he perceives as the underlying fundamentals of gameplay.

Organizers?

inUse
IT University of Gothenburg

Official Website: http://www.inuseful.se/2007/11/so-does-the-iph.html