| GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and DOS Revised Edition Contributor(s): Johnson, Jeff (Author) |
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ISBN: 0123706432 ISBN-13: 9780123706430 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Is your application or Web site ready for prime time? A major revision of a classic reference, GUI Bloopers 2.0 looks at user interface design bloopers from commercial software, Web sites, Web applications, and information appliances, explaining how intelligent, well-intentioned professionals make these mistakes--and how you can avoid them. While equipping you with the minimum of theory, GUI expert Jeff Johnson presents the reality of interface design in an entertaining, anecdotal, and instructive way. * Updated to reflect the bloopers that are common today, incorporating many comments and suggestions from first edition readers. * Takes a learn-by-example approach that teaches how to avoid common errors. * Covers bloopers in a wide range of categories: GUI controls, graphic design and layout, text messages, interaction strategies, Web site design -- including search, link, and navigation, responsiveness issues, and management decision-making. * Organized and formatted so information needed is quickly foun, the new edition features call-outs for the examples and informative captions to enhance quick knowledge building. * Hundreds of illustrations: both the DOs and the DON'Ts for each topic covered, with checklists and additional bloopers on www.gui-bloopers.com. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | User Interfaces - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Human-computer Interaction (hci) |
| Dewey: 005.437 |
| LCCN: 2007012860 |
| Series: Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 7.6" W x 9.22" (1.92 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: GUI Bloopers 2.0, Second Edition, is the completely updated and revised version of GUI Bloopers. It looks at user interface design bloopers from commercial software, Web sites, Web applications, and information appliances, explaining how intelligent, well-intentioned professionals make these mistakes - and how you can avoid them. GUI expert Jeff Johnson presents the reality of interface design in an entertaining, anecdotal, and instructive way while equipping readers with the minimum of theory. This updated version reflects the bloopers that are common today, incorporating many comments and suggestions from first edition readers. It covers bloopers in a wide range of categories including GUI controls, graphic design and layout, text messages, interaction strategies, Web site design - including search, link, and navigation, responsiveness issues, and management decision-making. Organized and formatted so information needed is quickly found, the new edition features call-outs for the examples and informative captions to enhance quick knowledge building. This book is recommended for software engineers, web designers, web application developers, and interaction designers working on all kinds of products. |