Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Mathis, Lukas. Title: Designed for use : usable interfaces for applications and the web / Lukas Mathis. Publisher, Date: Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic Bookshelf, ©2011. Description: xix, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Summary: Provides information on the design process for user interfaces, covering such topics as job shadowing, text usability, sketching and prototyping, modes, speed, and testing. Series: The pragmatic prorammers Pragmatic programmers. Subjects: User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design. Web-based user interfaces. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309) and index. Contents: User research -- Job shadowing and contextual interviews -- Personas -- Activity-centered design -- Time to start working on documentation -- Text usability -- Hierarchies in user interface design -- Card sorting -- The mental model -- Sketching and prototyping -- Paper prototype testing -- Realism -- Natural user interfaces -- Fitts's law -- Animations -- Consistency -- Discoverability -- Don't interrupt -- Instead of interrupting, offer undo -- Modes -- Have opinions instead of preferences -- Hierarchies, space, time, and how we think about the world -- Speed -- Avoiding features -- Removing features -- Learning from video games -- Guerilla usability testing -- Usability testing -- Testing in person -- Remote testing -- How not to test : common mistakes -- User error is design error -- A/B testing -- Collecting usage date -- Dealing with user feedback -- You're not done. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2011284802 ISBN: 9781934356753 1934356751 Other Number: 706018599 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 296798 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 006.7 Mathis Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1