Usability for the Web by Tom Brinck

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Aims to explain how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to any business need. This book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword. It examines the spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure.

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Usability for the Web by Tom Brinck

Aims to explain how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to any business need. This book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword. It examines the spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure.
It's an incredibly good readIt rattles along at a good rate, is packed full of good advice and I had the distinct impression that here was real web usability. Xristine Faulkner, CISE, SBU.
Tom Brinck is chief usability officer at Diamond Bullet Design, a firm specializing in web site design and usability consulting. Tom has M.S. degrees in computer science and cognitive psychology from Stanford University and the University of Michigan. He has done user interface research at Apple Computer, Toshiba, and Bellcore and is currently an adjunct faculty member at University of Michigan's School of Information. Darren Gergle is a Ph.D. student in human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. Before beginning his graduate work, he was lead designer at Diamond Bullet Design. Scott D. Wood is a senior scientist at Soar Technology, an R&D company focused on cognitive modeling, AI, and information visualization. He has more than ten years experience in software development, e-business consulting, cognitive modeling, and HCI. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan.
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ISBN 13 9781558606586
ISBN 10 1558606580
Title Usability for the Web
Author Tom Brinck
Series Interactive Technologies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Year published 2001-10-29
Number of pages 496
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