User Interface Design for Electronic Appliances Cesses

This simple and manageable guide to user interface design is written for the professional in industry working on product development and the decision process. It presents guidelines for user interface design including a catalogue of input and output devices for electronic appliances, adding material on the design process, interaction design, advanced input, speech interfaces, evaluation, standards, the move from usability to pleasure and cultural differences. Each chapter stands alone, so the book can be used as a handbook. Experts in human factors working in industry and academia contributed the chapters, and extensive illustrations and examples demonstrate good user interface design.

Foreword by Brenda Laurel. Part One: Introduction 1. Background, Bruce Thomas 2. Introduction, Konrad Baumann 3. The Interaction Design Process, Georg Rakers Part Two: User Interface Design 4. Creativity Techniques, Irene Mavrommati 5. Design Principals, Irene Mavrommati and Adrian Martel 6. Design of On-Screen Interfaces, Irene Mavrommati Part Three: Input Devices 7. Controls, Konrad Baumann 8. Keyboards, Konrad Baumann 9. Advanced Interaction Techniques, Christopher Baber and Konrad Baumann 10. Speech Control, Christopher Baber and Jan Noyes 11. Wearable Computers, Christopher Baber Part Four: Output Devices 12. Visual Displays, Konrad Baumann 13. Auditory Displays, Othmar Schimmel 14. Tactile Displays and Speech Output, Leo Poll Part Five: Important Issues 15. Standards in User Interface Design, Jennifer Weston 16. Usability Evaluation, Bruce Thomas 17. Pleasure with Products - the New Human Factors, Patrick E. Jordan 18. National Cultures and Design, Patrick W. Jordan Appendix Summary of Guidelines, Konrad Baumann Guide to Further Reading, Susan Coles References Index of Authors Index of Companies and Products Index of Subjects Part Three: Input Devices Part Four: Output Part Five: Important Issues Appendix Summary of Guidelines Guide to Further Reading References Index