Designing Web Interfaces Interactive Workbook - Softcover

Rees, Michael; White, Andrew; White, Bebo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130858978 ISBN 13: 9780130858979

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2001

Synopsis

Hands-on guide to building high-quality user interfaces for Web and multimedia applications, endorsed by the World Organization of Webmasters. Covers human-computer interactions, Web design and navigation, multimedia on the Web, hypertext, and information design. Designed for newcomers and Web professionals. Softcover.

About this title

About the Author

MICHAEL REES (PhD, FBCS, MACS, Ceng) is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Bond University in Australia. He has over thirty years of teaching experience in programming, operating systems, human-computer interaction, electronic publishing and the Internet. He is co-author of two previous books (Text Processing with troff and Practical Compiling with Pascal-S.

ANDREW WHITE is the Webmaster at Secure Computing, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. He has been doing Web consulting and design for the past six years. Among his current interests is the development of Web-based games.

BEBO WHITE is a computational physicist and Computing Information Systems Analyst at SLAC. He has written and lectured extensively on Web technology.

From the Back Cover

Build great user interfaces for your Web and multimedia applications—right now!

• The hands-on user interface workbook for every Web professional!
• Building Web hypertext systems users will love!
• Crucial user interface design principles, guidelines, and techniques
• Web multimedia: tradeoffs, requirements, and deployment

Your user interface is the #1 factor in determining the success of your Web or multimedia project! With this user-friendly, interactive workbook, you'll master every key concept and technique for building interfaces that delight users-and maximize their productivity. You'll find in-depth, hands-on coverage of content planning, information management, authoring techniques, user interface design, Web navigation, Web multimedia, multimedia databases, and much more. Coverage includes:

• Hypertext: The fundamental components and "Golden Rules" of hypertext systems
• Information Design: All leading approaches, including Information Structure, Relationship Management Methodology, and Information Mapping
• Human-Computer Interaction: Proven techniques for building outstanding user interfaces
• Web Design and Navigation: Key principles and practical solutions
• Multimedia on the Web: Requirements, tradeoffs, development, support, maintenance, multimedia databases, and more

There's no faster way for newcomers and Web professionals to master the art and science of world-class user interface development! If you're ready to build Web/multimedia applications users and clients will rave about, start right here!

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130858978
• ISBN 13: 9780130858979
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400