Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • Goal, Background, and Motivation
  • Overview of the Structure of this Paper
  • Terms and Definitions
• A Short History of Human-Computer Interaction
  • Early Computers
  • Modern Computers
• Defining the Interface
  • The Computer
  • The Human
  • Design Principles in Human-Computer Interface Design
• The Mouse Click as an Utterance
  • Human-Computer Relationships
  • From the Speech Act to the "Click Act"
• Other Interaction Methods
  • Metaphors
  • Windows
  • Dialog Boxes
  • The Discourse of Human-Computer Interaction
• Conclusion
  • Summary of Results
  • The Future of Human-Computer Interfaces
• Works Cited