| Description |
xxviii, 669 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies |
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Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: I. Introduction. II. Requirements: How to gather requirements; Users and the domain; Tasks and Work; Thinking about and Describing Requirements; Case Study on requirements. III. Design: Work reengineering and conceptual design; design rationale and principles; Interaction design; Interaction styles; Choosing Interaction devices: hardware; Choosing interaction elements: software components; Case study on Design; Style guides; guidelines and user-centered design; Designing a GUI; Designing for the Web; Design of embedded computer systems and small devices; Case study on requirements, design, and evaluation. IV Evaluation: Why evaluate? ; Deciding on what to evaluate, the strategy; Planning who, what, where, and when; Deciding how to colect data; Final preparations for the evaluation; Analysis and interpretation of user-observation evaluation data; Inspections of the User Interface; Variations and more comprehensive evaluations. V: Persuasion: Communication and using findings; Winning and maintaining support for user-centered design; Summary |
| Summary |
Based on the most well known distance learning course in the field, this text offers all the skills necessary for iterative user centered design - including evaluation and persuasion - for the professionals who aim to improve user interaction for all the rest of us |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-640) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 631-640) and index |
| Subject |
User interfaces -- Computer systems
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User interfaces (Computer systems)
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| Author |
Stone, Deborah L.
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Open University.
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| LC no. |
2004061900 |
| ISBN |
0120884364 |
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9780120884360 |
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