User Interface Design and Evaluation (Interactive Technologies)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.59 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0120884364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"- Laurie P. The authors do a fine job of presenting "classic" HCI foundations and current trends in UI design. Yet beyond being an excellent reference, it also includes very good practical examples, e.g., design of GUI, Web, and embedded systems are especially useful. The strength of this text is the step-by-step "how-to-do-usability" guidance provided throughout the text. Usability Manager, UGS"While reading the review copy of this book, I actually felt guilty about having taught so many HCI courses with the existing well-known textbooks. This book will motivate the reader to want to immediately "jump on the UI design bandwagon" and to get started on the business of attending to users in UI design. "- Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University"The entire UI design process is presented in this text with an effective blend of theory and practice. Plenty of examples show when and where user interface development has failed and how those failures might have been m
An Thorough Overview of the Entire Field of Usability Kindle Customer There are a number of helpful, introductory books available about web usability. Namely, "Don't Make Me Think," by Steve Krug, and "Designing the Obvious," by Robert Hoekman, are two I would highly recommend. Both offer general principals to keep in mind while designing web sites.Neither, however, offers as thorough an overview of the entire field of usability as does "User Interface Design and Evaluation." I found that after having been convinced of the importance of usability by Krug and Hoekman, this book provided the depth and breadth of coverage necessary to gain a thorough understanding of usability.Usabilit. "Were I teaching a course in interface design, this would be the text" according to Auntebook. I can't tell you how many people I've told to read this book. It's one of the first references I go to on my shelf and I've read it through more than once. Were I to teach a course in interface design (and I have considered it) I would use "User Interface Design and Evaluation" as the text, as it covers the topics from understanding users through testing the usability of the design -- from soup to nuts. The book is full of concrete examples and exercises. I've suggested this book to a number of people new to user experience, as a great place to get started.. Graduate level? Seriously? Michael A. Meystel Ok, all references to VCRs aside (could this book be any more dated?), the style in which this book is written is geared at a common denominator that is, shall we say, in a slightly different place than where the book was used (MS-level graduate school). It's certainly not the book's fault that it was chosen as the textbook for a graduate UID/UCD course, but it's definitely the book's or author's or publisher's fault that it's woefully out of date, written to a 6th-grade level, and devoid of any useful content.If you are a university instructor thinking about using this book as your textbook for an HCI course, tak
You get a clear presentation of ideas, illustrations of concepts, using real-world applications. It illustrates the benefits of a user-centered approach to the design of software, computer systems, and web sites, and provides a clear and practical discussion of requirements gathering; developing interaction design from user requirements; and user interface evaluation. * A supporting web site includes sample exam paper, numerous activities to practice the concepts learned, and a set of review questions to test your own learningplus web resources.. This book will help you develop all the skills necessary for iterative user-centered design, and provides a firm foundation for user interface design and evaluation on which to build. The book's coverage includes established HCI topicsfor example, visibility, affordance, feedback, metaphors, mental models, and the likecombined with practical guidelines for contemporary designs and current trends, which makes for a winning combination. Whether you are a professional new to the user-centered design field, or an experienced designer who needs to learn the fundamentals of user interface design and evaluation, this book can lead the way.What will you g