Problems

As awesome as HCI sounded and looked when it is used, it definitely have some problems as well. Nothing is perfect in this world afterall, and that of course includes HCI. As HCI covered a lot of aspects in our daily life, problems are bound to happen.

Well, let's take a step back on HCI. HCI is created for human to feel more 'comfortable' with interfaces, machines and apps. But, how would you feel if it's becoming too 'intrusive' for your own liking? Does anyone remember how annoying those old Office Assistant in Windows? Let's refresh your memory for a trip wayyy down the lane.



Okay, in Microsoft Office 97 there was this cute (annoying) assistant called Clippit or more affectionately known as Clippy. Urbandictionary.com defined Clippit as "the annoying paper clip of Microsoft programs that asks you annoying questions when you dont need help". To those that weren't born yet at 97 must be wondering exactly how annoying was this Clippy. Well let's watch a video tribute of Clippy then.



Even Microsoft's people thought Clippy was annoying and held a public execution to 'kill' him.

More problems regarding HCI are gimmicks that unable to live up to its hype and that affects the usability. This usually happens in camera and handphones. User frustration occurs daily in almost every HCI since again, it is not perfect. The most recent case would be the failure of using iPad in Anugerah Skrin TV3. Well, THAT is the ultimate problem of HCI that I can vividly remember.

In conclusion, as well as being imperfect HCI couldn't possibly satisfy all since not all likes/dislikes are the same for every people. There's a saying that goes, "one size does not always fit all".