User Interface Design of Electronic Appliances [Hardcover]

Konrad Baumann (Author), Bruce Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0415243351 | ISBN-13: 978-0415243353 | Edition: 1

This simple and manageable guide to user interface design is written for the professional in industry working on product development and the decision process. It is directed not only to the human factors specialists, but also to technicians, designers, marketing and product managers and students.
The book presents guidelines for user interface design including a catalogue of input and output devices for electronic appliances, adding material on the design process, interaction design, advanced input, speech interfaces, evaluation, standards, the move from usability to pleasure and cultural differences.
Each chapter stands alone, so the book can be used as a reference handbook. Contributions come from several human factors specialists working in industry and in academia. The text is extensively illustrated by product examples showing good user interface design.

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About the Author

Konrad Baumann teaches Human Factors at the Joanneum technical graduate school in Graz, Austria. He is co-author of a UI design book in German Language. Bruce Thomas is a Human Factors Specialist working for Philips Design in Vienna, Austria. He is directly involved with the UI design of a variety of Philips products. He is co-editor of Usability Evaluation in Industry, Taylor and Francis, 1996

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (April 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415243351
• ISBN-13: 978-0415243353
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,652,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A practicioners reference for UID / HF, for consulting..., August 3, 2001

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This review is from: User Interface Design of Electronic Appliances (Hardcover)

A guidebook, aimed at User Interace / Human Factors students or professionals. Chapters are written in an easy to read language. It addresses a variety of topics: from interaction design process and guidelines, inpout devices, sound interfaces, standards, evaluation, new Human Factors, cultural differences, pleasure in product use, to a useful overview-summery of all the guidelines. It presents several tools, techniques and guidelines, and as a toolbook of guidelines for a variety of topicsm it is useful for HF / UI practitioners reference. Most guidelines are presented and explained in a clear and fairly easy to read way. It is made up of several contributions, each with a different style of writting, from quite several proffesionals in the field of HF. The book is a practicioners reference, rather than a book with a narrative, that tried to make a certain point through it's struicture. I found it interesting that you can read this book's chapters add-hoc, when you need to and according to what part you need to consult, withoun neceserily reading them in the sequencial order they are presented in the book.