Designing Usable Electronic Text - Ergonomic Aspects of Human Information Usage

Zusatztext "Designing Usable Electronic Text is without question an important resource to all professionals involved in the field of human-computer interaction and user interface designs." - HCI International News! April 2005 "[A]n engaging presentation of elements that play a role in reading text! be it on paper or electronic." - The Indexer! Vol. 24! No. 2! Oct 2004 Informationen zum Autor Andrew Dillon Klappentext This book explores the issues of information usage and stresses that a lack of usability is the main barrier to mass aceptance of the electronic medium It shows how designers should take a user-centred approach to the presentation of information. Zusammenfassung This book explores the issues of information usage and stresses that a lack of usability is the main barrier to mass aceptance of the electronic medium It shows how designers should take a user-centred approach to the presentation of information. Inhaltsverzeichnis E-Text and the User. Digital Documents as Usable Artifacts. So What do we Know? Describing information Use at an Appropriate Level. Information as a Structured Space. Classifying Information into Types: The Role of Context. Capturing Process Data on Reading. TIME: A Framework for the Design of Electronic Texts. Applying TIMEframes in Usability Evaluations. Designing Usable Electronic Text: Conclusions and Prospects. References.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Dillon, Andrew (University of Texas Dillon, Dillon Dillon, Dillon Andrew
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2004
• EAN: 9780415240598
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24059-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, computer science, environmental science, engineering & technology, Information technology: general issues, Engineering: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Information technology: general topics, Network Management, Ergonomics