Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:37:15 GMT Server: Apache/1.1.1 Content-type: text/html Content-length: 2192 Last-modified: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 20:44:43 GMT Designing the User Interface, Second Edition
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Designing the User Interface, Second Edition


by Ben Shneiderman


The most complete and current introduction to user interface design available. For anyone who needs to understand the complex interaction between humans and machines


With characteristic enthusiasm and vision, the author carefully discusses the underlying issues, principles, and empirical results, and describes practical guidelines and techniques necessary to realize an effective design. System designers, programmers, software developers, and product managers will find the book a valuable resource for making their systems easier to learn, easier to use, and more productive.

Coverage includes the human factors of interactive software (with added discussion of internationalization and users with disabilities), interaction styles (menu selection systems, command languages, direct manipulation), design considerations (including response time, system messages, screen design, and color), and methods to develop and assess the user interface.

Shneiderman also provides new or expanded coverage of virtual/artificial reality, graphical user interfaces, user interface management systems, computer supported cooperative work, natural language, window management, multimedia and hypertext, and dynamic data visualization. The book concludes with a provocative discussion of the social and individual impact of user interface design.




Published 1992; 592pp.  Hardcover (57286)  $48.50

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
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Reading, MA 01867
1-800-447-2226


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