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This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design method, which involves everything from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. Ultimately, you’ll acquire the knowledge to design the best possible digital products and services.

Table of Contents:
About the Authors vi Foreword: The Postindustrial World xxi Acknowledgments xxv Introduction to the Third Edition xxvii Part I Understanding Goal-Directed Design 1 Chapter 1 Goal-Directed Design 3 Chapter 2 Implementation Models and Mental Models 27 Chapter 3 Beginners, Experts, and Intermediates 41 Chapter 4 Understanding Users: Qualitative Research 49 Chapter 5 Modeling Users: Personas and Goals 75 Chapter 6 The Foundations of Design: Scenarios and Requirements 109 Chapter 7 From Requirements to Design: The Framework and Refinement 125 Part II Designing Behavior and Form 147 Chapter 8 Synthesizing Good Design: Principles and Patterns 149 Chapter 9 Platform and Posture 161 Chapter 10 Orchestration and Flow 201 Chapter 11 Eliminating Excise 223 Chapter 12 Designing Good Behavior 249 Chapter 13 Metaphors, Idioms, and Affordances 269 Chapter 14 Visual Interface Design 287 Part III Designing Interaction Details 321 Chapter 15 Searching and Finding: Improving Data Retrieval 323 Chapter 16 Understanding Undo 335 Chapter 17 Rethinking Files and Save 349 Chapter 18 Improving Data Entry 367 Chapter 19 Pointing, Selecting, and Direct Manipulation 375 Chapter 20 Window Behaviors 423 Chapter 21 Controls 439 Chapter 22 Menus 473 Chapter 23 Toolbars 493 Chapter 24 Dialogs 505 Chapter 25 Errors, Alerts, and Confirmation 529 Chapter 26 Designing for Different Needs 551 Afterword: On Collaboration 565 Appendix A Design Principles 569 Appendix B Bibliography 575 Index 581

About the Author :
For over 30 years Alan Cooper has been a pioneer of the modern computing era. His groundbreaking work in software design and construction has influenced a generation of programmers and business people—and helped a generation of users. He is best known as the "Father of Visual Basic," inventor of personas, and founder of Cooper, the leading design consultancy. As Director of Design R&D at Cooper, Robert Reimann led dozens of design projects and helped develop many of the methods described in About Face 3. Currently, he is Manager of User Experience at Bose Corporation and President of IxDA, the Interaction Design Association. David Cronin is Director of Interaction Design at Cooper, where he's led the design of products for such diverse users as surgeons, museum visitors, online shoppers, automobile drivers, financial analysts, and the elderly. For over 30 years Alan Cooper has been a pioneer of the modern computing era. His groundbreaking work in software design and construction has influenced a generation of programmers and business people—and helped a generation of users. He is best known as the "Father of Visual Basic," inventor of personas, and founder of Cooper, the leading design consultancy. As Director of Design R&D at Cooper, Robert Reimann led dozens of design projects and helped develop many of the methods described in About Face 3. Currently, he is Manager of User Experience at Bose Corporation and President of IxDA, the Interaction Design Association. David Cronin is Director of Interaction Design at Cooper, where he's led the design of products for such diverse users as surgeons, museum visitors, online shoppers, automobile drivers, financial analysts, and the elderly.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780470171356
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 648
  • ISBN-10: 0470171359
  • Publisher Date: 18 Apr 2007
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Essentials of Interaction Design


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