Developing user interfaces /
Author / Creator: | Olsen, Dan R., 1953- |
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Imprint: | San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c1998. |
Description: | xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3047882 |
Summary: | In the early days of computing, technicians in white coats controlled refrigerator-sized computers housed in sealed rooms, far from ordinary users. Today, computers are inexpensive commodities, like television sets, Developing User Interfaces is targeted at the programmer who will actually implement, rather than design, the user interface. Most user interface books focus on psychology and usability, not programming techniques. This book recognizes the need for programmers to collaborate with usability experts and psychologists, so topics such as the principles of visualization, human perception, and usability evaluation are touched upon. Yet the primary focus remains on those tools and techniques required for programming the complex user interface.
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Physical Description: | xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-395) and index. |
ISBN: | 1558604189 (alk. paper) |