Humanware is everything which helps human beings to handle (use and look after) a product, e.g. controls and indicators, program ergonomy, location of assembly divisions in parts to be put together, signs and other markings, instructions, training and technical consultation. Against the background of how humans behave when handling a product, this book offers advice and explains principles for suitable design of humanware: how to analyse needs, design different types of humanware, and test that it works. A wide range of specific examples are described. Exercises after each chapter give readers the possibility of trying to solve humanware problems themselves. Suggested solutions are provided at the end of the book. The book is intended for practising developers, designers and technical communicators, and for students of these professions.
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Ulf-L Andersson has worked for 40 years as consultant and educator. He works with technical information, humanware and R&D issues within industry, research establishments and universities.
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If you are looking for usability examples to convince your managers or if you are a technical communicator looking for news ways to communicate instructions to users, buy this book !Jean-Paul Bardez
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If you are looking for usability examples to convince your managers or if you are a technical communicator looking for news ways to communicate instructions to users, buy this book !Jean-Paul Bardez
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Products which succeed today, and even more so tomorrow, are the ones which are easy to use, look after and repair - and easy to dispose of when they have done their job. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Products which succeed today, and even more so tomorrow, are the ones which are easy to use, look after and repair - and easy to dispose of when they have done their job. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Programming as if People Mattered by Nathaniel S. Borenstein on page 228
- Human Performance Engineering: A Guide for Systems Designers by Robert W. Bailey on page 226
- Human Performance: Volume 2: Information Processing and Decision Making (Human Performance and Productivity) by William C. Howell on page 229
- Human Factors Design Handbook by Wesley Woodson on page 226
- The Psychology Of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman on page 230
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