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BS EN ISO 14915-2:2003

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Software ergonomics for multimedia user interfaces Multimedia navigation and control

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

18-04-2024

Superseded by

BS EN ISO 9241-115:2024

Language(s)

English

Published date

17-10-2003

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Application of this part of ISO 14915
   4.1 Purpose and intended users of this part of ISO
        14915
   4.2 Reporting conformance to this part of ISO 14915
5 Framework for multimedia navigation and control
   5.1 General
   5.2 Analysis of content structures
        5.2.1 Basic analysis
        5.2.2 Structuring multimedia applications
   5.3 Navigation-structure design
        5.3.1 General
        5.3.2 High-level navigation structure
        5.3.3 Navigation within presentation segments
               and media objects
6 Navigation design
   6.1 Introduction to navigation
        6.1.1 Application structure
        6.1.2 Navigation structures
        6.1.3 Content structure
        6.1.4 Content granularity
        6.1.5 Exploration
        6.1.6 Complexity
        6.1.7 Understanding
        6.1.8 User assistance
        6.1.9 Determining navigation techniques
        6.1.10 Metaphors
   6.2 Structures for navigation
        6.2.1 Use of appropriate navigation structures
        6.2.2 Linear structures
        6.2.3 Tree structures
        6.2.4 Network structures
7 Common guidance on controls
   7.1 Compatibility of media controls
   7.2 User accessibility of controls
   7.3 Ease of individualization
   7.4 Appropriateness of media controls
   7.5 Task-dependent sets of controls
   7.6 Minimum set of media controls
   7.7 Grouping media controls
   7.8 Controllability of media objects
   7.9 Distinguishable controls
   7.10 Presence of hidden controls
   7.11 Status of media
   7.12 Status of controls
   7.13 Inactive controls
   7.14 Consistent controls
   7.15 Ease of access
   7.16 Feedback on use of controls
   7.17 Relation of controls
   7.18 Design of particular controls
8 Links
   8.1 User accessibility of links
   8.2 Use of links
        8.2.1 General use of links
        8.2.2 Use of system-activated links
        8.2.3 Use of user-activated links
        8.2.4 Use of fixed links
        8.2.5 Use of temporal links
        8.2.6 Duration of temporal links
        8.2.7 Avoiding temporal-link errors
        8.2.8 Use of computed links
        8.2.9 Recognizing computed links
        8.2.10 Saving computed links
        8.2.11 Creating user-defined links
        8.2.12 Multi-user sets of user-defined links
   8.3 Discriminability of links
   8.4 Information about links
        8.4.1 Link-destination content information
        8.4.2 Link-destination location information
        8.4.3 Link-duration information
        8.4.4 Linked-to-media-type information
        8.4.5 Link-load-time information
        8.4.6 Link-history cues
        8.4.7 Multiple sets of link-history cues
        8.4.8 Time dependence of link-history
        8.4.9 Default link-history cue
        8.4.10 Resetting link-history cues
        8.4.11 Resetting single link-history cues
9 Navigation functions
   9.1 Scope of navigation actions
        9.1.1 Providing users with navigation information
        9.1.2 Effect of navigation actions
        9.1.3 Navigation between and within presentation
               segments
        9.1.4 Methods of navigation between presentation
               segments
        9.1.5 Navigation involving content chunks within
               a presentation segment
        9.1.6 Navigation involving media objects or
               composite media objects
   9.2 "Go to beginning"
   9.3 "Go to previous"
        9.3.1 Go to previously visited presentation
               segment
        9.3.2 Go to previous media object
        9.3.3 Save current state
        9.3.4 Go to previous state
   9.4 "Go to next"
        9.4.1 Go to next presentation segment within
               the application
        9.4.2 Go-to-next-media object within the
               composite-media object
   9.5 "Go to end"
        9.5.1 Exit
        9.5.2 Go to end of composite-media object
   9.6 Determine current location
        9.6.1 Location information
        9.6.2 Identifying possible navigation pathways
        9.6.3 Providing context for details
   9.7 Move
   9.8 Search
        9.8.1 Search for other locations
        9.8.2 Helping formulate searches for items
        9.8.3 Accessing the results of a search
   9.9 Tour
10 Controls for coordination of multiple media
   10.1 Synchronization of media
   10.2 Coordination of media
   10.3 Controlling layered media
   10.4 Separation of media
   10.5 Obscuring media
   10.6 Navigating between media
11 Dynamic media
   11.1 Dynamic-media controls
        11.1.1 Basic dynamic-media controls
        11.1.2 Access to dynamic-media controls
        11.1.3 "Play"
        11.1.4 "Stop"
        11.1.5 "Pause"
        11.1.6 "Replay"
        11.1.7 "Play backward"
        11.1.8 "Scan forward"
        11.1.9 "Scan backward"
        11.1.10 "Fast forward"
        11.1.11 "Rewind"
        11.1.12 "Record"
   11.2 Attributes of controls for dynamic media
        11.2.1 Implementing attributes
        11.2.2 Direction of play
        11.2.3 "Loop"
        11.2.4 Controlling the speed of playing
        11.2.5 Availability of audio controls
        11.2.6 Set volume
        11.2.7 Mute
Bibliography

Contains recommendations and requirements for the design of multimedia user interfaces with respect to the following aspects: design of the organization of the content, navigation and media-control issues.

Committee
PH/9
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 01/565189 DC (09/2003)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
48
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

ISO 9241-17:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 17: Form filling dialogues
ISO 9241-10:1996 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 10: Dialogue principles
ISO 9241-12:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 12: Presentation of information
ISO 9241-16:1999 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 16: Direct manipulation dialogues
EN ISO 9241-15:1997 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 15: Command dialogues (ISO 9241-15:1997)
ISO/IEC 18035:2003 Information technology — Icon symbols and functions for controlling multimedia software applications
EN ISO 14915-1:2002 Software ergonomics for multimedia user interfaces - Part 1: Design principles and framework (ISO 14915-1:2002)
ISO 9241-14:1997 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) — Part 14: Menu dialogues
EN ISO 9241-13:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 13: User guidance (ISO 9241-13:1998)
ISO 9241-15:1997 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 15: Command dialogues
ISO 14915-1:2002 Software ergonomics for multimedia user interfaces Part 1: Design principles and framework
ISO 14915-3:2002 Software ergonomics for multimedia user interfaces Part 3: Media selection and combination
EN ISO 9241-16:1999 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 16: Direct manipulation dialogues (ISO 9241-16:1999)
ISO/TS 16071:2003 Ergonomics of human-system interaction Guidance on accessibility for human-computer interfaces
EN ISO 9241-12:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 12: Presentation of information (ISO 9241-12:1998)
ISO 13407:1999 Human-centred design processes for interactive systems
ISO 9241-13:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) — Part 13: User guidance

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