Design Principles for Comprehensive Systems

现代高功能计算机系统很难掌握和使用。这个问题是在一个跨学科的项目中解决的，该项目结合了创新系统的开发和对计算机使用中涉及的认知过程的理论调查。目标是为系统制定设计原则，使其比现有的任何系统都更容易理解，从而更容易使用。这些原则植根于以理解为中心的人机交互理论，将体现在具体的应用中，这将成为原则及其所反映的理论的试验台。该项目承诺对提高人类智力生产力的艺术和科学做出根本性贡献。它将探索性系统设计与用户与系统交互的基础研究相结合的程度是独一无二的。如果成功，它将产生前所未有的解释能力和对交互系统具有广泛适用性的设计原则的理论结果。

Modern high-function computer systems are difficult to master and use. This problem is attacked in an interdisciplinary project that combines the development of innovative systems with a theor- etical investigation of the cognitive processes involved in com- puter use. The goal is to develop design principles for systems that are radically easier to understand, and hence to use, than any now in existence. Rooted in a comprehension-centered theory of human-computer interaction, the principles are to be embodied in concrete applications, which will serve as testbeds for both principles and the theory they reflect. This project promises a fundamental contribution to the art and science of augmenting human intellectual productivity. The degree to which it integrates exploratory system design with fundamental research on user-system interaction is unique. If successful, it could yield theoretical results of unprecedented explanatory power and design principles of wide applicabilty to interactive systems.