interaction interactive technologies user-centered

books:

Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

8 reviews
Luke Wroblewski

Rosenfeld Media, 2008

Great overview for people who help design applications
A well written, straight-forward guide to designing forms. The book serves its description well as a good starting point and guide for a novice practitioner. I'm not sure how useful it would be to a practiced professional, but judging from the examples the author pulls from (a variety of large popular websites) I would say many could use his advice. This book has given me more confidence to ...

Web Site Usability (Interactive Technologies)

33 reviews
Jared Spool, Tara Scanlon, ...

Morgan Kaufmann, 1998

Pivotal work shakes preconceptions
As a report on a major usability study this one is probably pivotal and I would recommend it to anyone involved in delivering a commercial web presence. Jared Spool and the UIE team discovered many new things in the studies this book is about. Up to the point of publication, web usability and general usability were closely equated, and not just the test methodology. But Spool's studies find ...

User-Centered Web Site Development: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach

5 reviews
Daniel D. McCracken, Rosalee J. Wolfe, ...

Prentice Hall, 2003

Best HCI /Usability Textbook for Web Design
I use this book in the classroom to teach the web usability component of a combo HCI/web design course. It has many examples, contains review questions that are reasonable for students to use, and is very clear and precise. The color plates are the best I've seen in a book of this type. I highly recommend this. Because it is so clear and concrete, undergraduate students can quickly grasp the ...

Handbook of Usability Testing: Howto Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests
Jeffrey Rubin, Dana Chisnell

Wiley, 2008

Handbook of Usability Testing, Second Edition , is a nuts-and-bolts guide for beginners, loaded with tips and tricks for effectively testing products of all types. From software, GUIs, and technical documentation, to medical instruments and exercise bikes, no matter what type of product, readers will learn to design and administer reliable tests to ensure that people find it easy and desirable to use. Requires no engineering or ...