User-Centered Web Site Development : A Human-Computer Interaction Approach

Spool, Jared M., Wolfe, Rosalee J., McCracken, Daniel D.

ISBN 10: 0130411612 / ISBN 13: 9780130411617

Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 2003

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: User-Centered Web Site Development : A Human-Computer Interaction Approach
• Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130411612
• ISBN 13: 9780130411617
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.168 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

This is an innovative and timely book that introduces the reader to the human component of Web site design. Readers will be able to do a much better job of writing front ends or other interactive software, as the book describes the creation of user-friendly Web sites. In the context of Human-Computer Interaction and Web design, this book covers such topics as user and task analysis, content organization, visual organization, navigation design, prototyping, and evaluation, as well as color, typography, multimedia, accessibility, globalization. For individuals interested in entering the field of Web page and site design, as well as industrial team workers in HCI and Web site development.

About the Author

Don McCracken is Professor of Computer Science at City College, CUNY, and the author of more than 20 textbooks in computer science. He is a past president of ACM and the 1992 recipient of the ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.

Rosalee Wolf is Professor of Computer Science at the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems of DePaul University, where she was the first Director of the HCI program and was instrumental in creating the first bachelor's program and the second master's program in HCI in the United States. A -former NASA fellow, she leads the groundbreaking American Sign Language project at DePaul.