GUI Bloopers - Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers -

Johnson, Jeff

ISBN 10: 1558605827 / ISBN 13: 9781558605824

Published by Kaufmann Publishers San Francisco, 2000

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Sprache: englisch, Remittende, Buchrücken unten minimal bestoßen, 19,5 x 23,5 cm, Gewicht: 985 Gr, 559 Seiten.

Seller Inventory # S90036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GUI Bloopers - Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers -
• Publisher: Kaufmann Publishers San Francisco
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558605827
• ISBN 13: 9781558605824
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut

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Synopsis

GUI Bloopers looks at user interface design bloopers from commercial software, Web sites, and information appliances, explaining how intelligent, well-intentioned professionals made these dreadful mistakes--and how you can avoid them. While equipping you with all the theory needed to learn from these examples, GUI expert Jeff Johnson also presents the reality of interface design in an entertaining, anecdotal, and instructive way.

This is an excellent, well-illustrated resource for anyone whose work touches on usability issues, including software engineers, Web site designers, managers of development processes, QA professionals, and usability professionals.Hear Jeff Johnson's interview podcast on software and website usability at the University of Canterbury (25 min.)

* Takes a learn-by-example approach that teaches you to avoid common errors by asking the appropriate questions of your own interface designs.* Includes two complete war stories, drawn from the author's personal experience, that describe in detail the challenges faced by UI engineers.* Covers bloopers in a wide range of categories: GUI components, layout and appearance, text messages, interaction strategies, Web site design, responsiveness issues, management decision-making, and even more at www.GUI-bloopers.com.* Organized and formatted based on the results of its own usability testing--so you can quickly find the information you need, packaged in easily digested pieces.*Announcing the sequel: Web Bloopers. Totally devoted to the Web. Go to www.web-bloopers.com.

About the Author

Jeff Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of San Francisco. He is also a principal at Wiser Usability, a consultancy focused on elder usability. After earning B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale and Stanford, he worked as a UI designer, implementer, manager, usability tester, and researcher at Cromemco, Xerox, US West, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun. He has taught at Stanford, Mills, and the University of Canterbury. He is a member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy and a recipient of SIGCHI's Lifetime Achievement in Practice Award. He has authored articles on a variety of topics in HCI, as well as the books GUI Bloopers (1st and 2nd eds.), Web Bloopers, Designing with the Mind in Mind (1st and 2nd eds.), Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design (with Austin Henderson), and Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population (with Kate Finn).