INTEGRATING INFORMATION - A TASK-ORIENTATED APPROACH

To date, there have been few attempts at integrating the increasing am ounts of information that are available to users of computer systems. Using published literature, this paper collates some relevant principl es (or heuristics) for integrating information based on task orientati on. These are then applied to the electronic fishing aids in an in-sho re fishing vessel's wheelhouse with the purpose of reducing the number of screens used therein. However, the application raises some issues; in particular that of the designer's knowledge of the tasks so that u nique information is not lost. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.