Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition) | 
|  | | | Title: | Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition) | | Author: | Ben Shneiderman
Catherine Plaisant | | Publisher: | Addison Wesley | | Type: | Book / Hardcover | | Publication Date: | 10 April, 2004 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0321197860 / 9780321197863 | | List Price: | $101.20 | | You Save: | $32.35 | | Amazon Price: | $68.85 | |
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The much-anticipated fourth edition of Designing the User Interface provides a comprehensive, authoritative introduction to the dynamic field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Students and professionals learn practical principles and guidelines needed to develop high quality interface designs—ones that users can understand, predict, and control. It covers theoretical foundations, and design processes such as expert reviews and usability testing. Numerous examples of direct manipulation, menu selection, and form fill-in give readers an understanding of excellence in design. Recent innovations in collaborative interfaces, online help, and information visualization receive special attention. A major change in this edition is the integration of the World Wide Web and mobile devices throughout the book. Chapters have examples from cell phones, consumer electronics, desktop displays, and Web interfaces.
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Customer Reviews:
• Used In Doctorate Studies 29 June, 2009
Good insight into how to make complex software applications usable. It is also a good look at common mistakes that make good products useless to potential users.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2QO8XWTUEPUKD
• Those Reviews Are Out Of Date! 14 March, 2009
I loved the older versions of the book, and all those reviews are obsolete since there is a new edition now in March 2009. Would love to see new reviews.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2APELUBPF6AAH
• Keeps Getting Better 29 March, 2009
I've used this series of books in the classroom and as a reference for years and am delighted to see a new edition!
Strengths are the depth and breadth of coverage, rich reference list and great pictures/images.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A5U4NS9BGTT3
• Almost Nothing You Couldn't Find Elsewhere 06 May, 2009
I got this book since it was required for a UI class. I read it cover-to-cover before class started to get ahead, and was thoroughly disappointed. There are a few interesting things, but nothing a good professor won't cover in just as much detail in class (and will likely do so in a more useful, applied manner). Quite honestly, this is a boring read lacking quality information, and I have since sold the book. Compared to my love of the networking, os and compiler books, my appreciation for this book is nil. I keep Software Engineering 8 around since it is a useful resource in many ways, and even that book trumps this UI book by far. I would personally avoid buying this book if possible.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1OM1O3UJ06TQ1
• Over 20 Years Of Designing The User Interface 08 May, 2009
Impressively, my colleagues Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant have published the 5th edition of the text Designing the User Interface. There aren't many focused professional activities that one can pursue for over 20 years, but Ben & and now Catherine & have sustained, and actually increased their energy in this one. This nearly 600 page full-color book is an excellent way to learn about the field of Human-Computer Interaction, and to see the lay of the land from both researcher and practitioner perspectives.
The book explains the core issues in designing usable, useful, efficient and appealing user interfaces. It illustrates the issues with numerous current screenshots of websites, applications, devices, and broad contexts of use. It offers guidelines backed by research, and it explains the theory in lay terms so the guidelines make sense.
Covering just about every major HCI topic, from basic usability and design processes to design for mobile and social environments, this book offers a very broad summary of the field. It also introduces more advanced topics such as search interfaces and information visualization among others â" giving readers entry points into important trends.
With deep references, and access to sample quizzes and PowerPoint slides online, I strongly recommend this book to HCI instructors, students, and professionals new to the field. Congratulations to Ben and Catherine for continuing to support this field and educate the next generation of software designers and developers.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1G3Z7HM0TWT07
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