Books About Interface Design
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Baecker,
R., Buxton, W., & J. Grudin This collection provides an overview of the significant concepts and results in the field of human-computer interaction and is a comprehensive guide to the research literature. It combines key articles and case studies with synthesizing survey material and analysis by the editors. |
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Barfield,
L. The User Interface: Concepts & Design is a solid textbook that introduces new users to the business of computer-human interaction. It is filled with helpful examples, exercises at the end of each chapter, and demonstrations of various concepts through dialogues between a character named Hemelsworth and his butler, Barker. This guide is for anyone who is serious about developing user interfaces but is new to the topic. |
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Cooper,
A. Software designer Alan Cooper shares his own real-world experience and design principles concerning intuitive, effective user interfaces. Applicable to multimedia and Web sites as well as application software, this book is an invaluable resource for design professionals. |
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Laurel,
B. (Ed.) A classic collection of essays on user interfaces, The Art of Human-ComputerInterface Design includes writings by Alan Kay, Nicholas Negroponte, and Ted Nelson as well as other members of the digerati. Originally started as an interior project at Apple, the book is a diversified attempt to survey the varied philosophies, design methods, and technological approaches that have evolved in recent years. |
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Mandel,
T. Theo Mandel's Elements of User Interface Design is a useful guide to the dos and don'ts of UI design. Chapters include examples from popular operating systems and applications and analyses of how each example may or may not be a model of good UI design. |
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Mullet,
K. & Darrell Sano Designing Visual Interfaces is filled with plenty of real-world examples, not just limited to the realm of computers. Anyone who is getting started in user interface design or who is interested in the art of design will find this book useful. |
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Norman,
D. The two editions are the same despite the different titles. This book may be the best introduction to the importance of usability in design: much of the value comes from the fact that it is not about computers but about all kinds of other things that we suffer from every day. Other Don Norman books:
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Preece,
J., Rogers, Y., Sharp, H. & D. Benyon (Open University) A traditional academic course text with deeper coverage of fundamental principles. |
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Reeves,
B. & C. Nass The authors' work is most famous as the theoretical justification for the talking paperclip in Office'97, but the book is much more useful than one may think at first. It is one of the few in-depth discussions of affect and users' subjective experiences with computers. |
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Rudisill,
M., Lewis, C., & Polson, P. (Eds.) This book is a collection of success stories where the use of usability methods have resulted in major product improvements. There are three themes examined: user interface projects which have achieved success in real life outside of the research lab; new methods in user interface design and evaluation; and the organizational context in which user interface design is done, and how design might be better accommodated to this context. |
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Shneiderman,
B. This book is oriented toward user interface design, with guidelines for how to design various types of interactions and with extensive surveys of the empirical data on what designs work under what circumstances. |
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Tognazzini,
B. Based on Tog's extensive industry experience, this series of essays about important issues in user interface design covers many topics that are rarely discussed elsewhere, such as the issues in designing the second and subsequent releases of a product and the use of scenarios in planning the features of a new product. It focuses on design principles rather than specific technologies. |
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Tufte,
E. Viewed by many as gospel, this broad exploration of how we grasp two-dimensional visual information and how that information can be delivered should not be missed. Tufte illustrates this book with a wealth of fascinating examples that run the gamut from Renaissance manuscripts to software interfaces. Also by Tufte:
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Wurman,
R. & Bradford, P. (Eds.) Information Architects (1996) Graphics Press Out of print ISBN: 0823064557 |
