Interactive System Design

by William Newman, William M. Newman, Michael G. Lamming

William Newman addresses human-computer interaction from a computer-science viewpoint, focusing on design and development rather than cognitive ergonomics. This work includes practical focus on modern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201631628
• ISBN13: 9780201631623
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A crisp and informative view on design of interact. systems

I adopted this book as support textbook for my course on information retrieval systems. The book provides a crisp and very informative view on the problems and steps related to analysis and design of interactive systems. It covers most of the core topics relevant to the analysis of interactive systems (problem definition, task analysis, models, system analysis, system evaluation) and those related with user interface design (interaction styles, mental models, conceptual design). These topics are dealt with sufficient detail to get a reasonable understanding both of abstract and concrete aspects. The few complete examples guide the reader through most of the issues. Some topic (like experimental evaluation) is very detailed. Treatment is extremely clear and vivid. I definitely recommend this book to anybody interested in design of interactive systems.