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Elements of Hypermedia Design: Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace

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As a dissertation this book works well: it contains high level coverage of the theories associated with computer use, and web use in particular, especially descriptions of academic research in that area. Unfortunately it doesn't provide the grounded, current, specific information and examples that would help a commercial practitioner improve web products under development

I recently got hold of a copy of this book, and I was suprised about its actuality. It came out 6 years ago, but the main lessons are as valid today as they were when the book came out.
Its content is quite original. For example, I have not seen the seven design concepts for navigation in cyberspace elsewhere:
linking, searching, sequentialization, hierarchy, similarity, mapping, agents. I found those useful as guiding principles for the design of my own Web sites.
I also liked the chapter about algorithm animation, which has been around as a concept for quite some time, but has never really picked up.
The writing is somewhat academic in style, but well worth digging in.

Useless, save your money.

I had great hopes for this book, unfortunatelly is just a collection of elements of design of various sort, for various purpose, nicely packed together, an academic attempt maybe, but of limited if not zero practical use.

Being published in 1997 doesn't help of course, but theoretically the content should not get outdated for decades.