Terms like "usability" and "interface design" have become buzzwords of the software industry. But what does this focus on user-centred design actually entail? Which remedies are available to us to solve usability problems with software? These are the kind of questions asked and answered in this book in the course of talks conducted by the author with software professionals. The issue of usability goes far beyond merely designing an appropriate user interface and involves not only organized and strategic considerations, but also our overall approach to technology and society.
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The conversations provide food for thought for all of us who do this work. -- Mary Beth Rettger, President of the UPA; Usability Professionals' Association
The right book at the right time... -- Jannie Nielsen, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School
The right book at the right time... -- Jannie Nielsen, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School
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Klaus Kaasgaard holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction and is currently Usability Lead for Microsoft Hotmail in California.
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Much more than 'just' software design and usability,
By "snitker" (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Software Design & Usability: Talks With Bonnie Nardi, Jakob Nielsen, David Smith, Austin Henderson & Jed Harris, Terry Winograd & Stephanie Rosenbaum (Paperback)
This is a highly recommendable book. A must for everyone interested in how human-comupter interaction is studied or conceived or debated.Read about those topics, that are hot or ever-greens for the usability-interested. Maybe you don't know all of those names in the title, but you will surely see why THEY've been chosen for the interviews. The topics are presented the way they were raised with the interviewed persons - as dialogues, interviews. This is a great way of approaching and exploring the thoughts and concepts that go across the entire field of software and internet development, and not through just one or two writers. It's a lot of food for thought.
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