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An Introduction To Usability (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: experienced user performance, usability faults, product creation process (more...)

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Introduction to the topic of usability. Throughout the book examples are drawn from the familiar field of human-computer interaction, and more broadly from the world of consumer goods. Paper.

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Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (January 20, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0748407626
ISBN-13: 978-0748407620
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,160,602 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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experienced user performance, usability faults, product creation process, property checklists, usability scale, incident diaries, target user group, usability evaluation, usability specifications, cognitive walkthrough, feature checklists, prescriptive information, population stereotypes, user workshops, formatting tasks, usable design, usability problems, usability issues, expert appraisals, mental workload, whilst driving, word processing package, statistics package, think aloud protocol, cognitive characteristics

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This book cites 11 books:

Usability Evaluation In Industry by Patrick W. Jordan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Evaluating Usability of Human-Computer Interfaces: A Practical Method (Ellis Horwood Books in Information Technology) by Susannah J. Ravden on page 76, and Back Matter
The Psychology Of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman on page 16, and Back Matter
People and Computers (British Computer Society Conference) by Gilbert Cockton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Human-Computer Interaction by Shackel in Back Matter

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Guide to Methodology in Ergonomics: Designing for Human Use by Neville A. Stanton on 4 pages
User-Centred Design of Systems by Jan Noyes on page 164, and page 206
Designing Pleasurable Products: An Introduction to the New Human Factors by Patrick W. Jordan on page 6, and Back Matter
Designing Pleasurable Products by Patrick W. Jordan on page 6, and Back Matter
User Interface Design of Electronic Appliances by Konrad Baumann in Front Matter, and Back Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction!, June 9, 2000

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I bought a few copies of this book for new people who may not be related to our usability group but may need to understand what the disipline is all about.

I thought it did a great job of teaching this topic to people who have never seen this stuff before. In fact the people who read it really enjoyed it. Its something like 100 pages long, so its a quick read.

My only beef is the fact that each page has about a zillion words on it, and its easier for me to scream though a book if I feel like I have forward momentum, if even only because I'm flipping pages with relatively few words on it.

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