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Title Global usability / Ian Douglas, Zhengjie Liu, editors
Published London ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : color illustrations
Series Human-computer interaction series, 1571-5035
Human-computer interaction series.
Contents ""Global Usability""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""Part I Issues Relating to Global Usability""; ""Part II Country Profiles""; ""Index""
Summary The concept of usability has become an increasingly important consideration in the design of all kinds of technology. As more products are aimed at global markets and developed through internationally distributed teams, usability design needs to be addressed in global terms. Interest in usability as a design issue and specialist area of research and education has developed steadily in North America and Europe since the 1980's. However, it is only over the last ten years that it has emerged as a global concern. Global Usability provides an introduction to the important issues in globalizing design and an insight into the development of usability expertise around the world. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the general issues in cross-cultural design and the methods for conducting usability design and evaluation across geographical boundaries. The second section describes the state of usability development in fifteen countries. The descriptions include a history and review of activities and include some unique perspectives that have developed in relation to usability work. Researchers and practitioners from a variety of design-related disciplines will find the book a useful guide for understanding the issues and an excellent reference source for working in any of the countries covered
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer eBooks
Subject User-centered system design.
Human-computer interaction.
COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design.
Informatique.
Human-computer interaction
User-centered system design
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Douglas, Ian, 1960-
Liu, Zhengjie.
LC no. 2011922524
ISBN 0857293036
9780857293039
9780857293046
0857293044