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About the Book

• Provides a broad survey of designing, implementing, managing, maintaining, training, and refining the user interface of interactive systems, especially mobile devices.
• Describes practical techniques and research-supported design guidelines for effective interface designs.
• Covers both professional applications (e.g. CAD/CAM, air traffic control) and consumer examples (e.g. web services, e-government, mobile devices, cell phones, games, virtual reality).
• Delivers informative introductions to development methodologies, evaluation techniques, and user-interface building tools.
• Offers an extensive array of current examples and figures illustrating excellence in design.
• Includes full-color presentation throughout with commissioned chapter opening artwork.
• Guides students who might be starting their first HCI design project.
• Presents strategies for enhancing quality of user-generated content.
• Focuses on universal usability including special populations, sustainable design, and societal transformation.
• Emphasizes internationalization and customization of interactive systems.
• Includes reports on recent research results and innovative products.

The Companion Website has additional practice opportunities and information resources for students and professors:

• Links to hundreds of human-computer interaction resources, examples, and research studies that enhance and expand on the material in each chapter
• Self-test questions and discussion questions for each chapter
• Homework assignments and projects
• Selection of video resources

Instructor Resource Center includes PowerPoint lecture slides and answers to discussion questions at http://www.pearsonhighered.com/irc/

• This Sixth Edition has been shepherded by Ben Shneiderman, a leader in the field of HCI and Founding Director (1983-2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) at the University of Maryland at College Park. He began as the sole author for the earlier editions and added Catherine Plaisant, Research Scientist and Associate Director of HCIL in the Third edition. For the Sixth edition Maxine Cohen from Nova Southeastern University and Steve Jacobs from Northern Arizona University have been moved from their collaborator status (on the Fifth edition) to part of the author team as well as adding Niklas Elmqvist and Nick Diakopoulos, who are both new colleagues at the University of Maryland. Together they bring unparalleled industry and academic experience, enhancing the book's usefulness in informing readers, clarifying opportunities, and inspiring excellence.

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Description

• Copyright 2017
• Pages: 616
• Edition: 6th

• Companion Website
• ISBN-10: 0-13-438083-5
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-438083-4

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Table of Contents

Brief Contents

Part 1. Introduction

1. Usability of Interactive Systems
2. Universal Usability
3. Guidelines, Principles, and Theories

Part 2. Design Processes

4. Design
5. Evaluation and the User Experience
6. Design Case Studies

Part 3. Interaction Styles

7. Direct Manipulation and Immersive Environments
8. Fluid Navigation
9. Expressive Human and Command Languages
10. Devices
11. Communication and Collaboration

Part 4. Design Issues

12. Advancing the User Experience
13. The Timely User Experience
14. Documentation and User Support (a.k.a. Help)
15. Information Search
16. Data Visualization

Afterword. Societal and Individual Impact of User Interfaces

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