Designing Usable Texts

Author : Thomas M. Duffy,Robert Waller
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483217666

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Designing Usable Texts by Thomas M. Duffy,Robert Waller Pdf

Designing Usable Texts covers the analysis of textual communication processes in the real world of publishing systems and work sites. The book presents topics on designing and understanding of written texts; authoring, editing, and the production process; and training authors of informative documents. The text also describes the policies and processes of editing; lessons in text design from an instructional design perspective; and graphics and design alternatives such as studying strategies and their implications for textbook design. The identification of information requirements such as understanding readers and their uses of texts, modeling users and their use of technical manuals, is also considered. Psychologists and people involved in communication design, document design, information mapping, and educational technology will find the book invaluable.

Author : Andrew Dillon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780415240604

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Designing Usable Electronic Text by Andrew Dillon Pdf

Poor design and a failure to consider the user often act against the effectiveness in online communication. Designing Usable Electronic Text, Second Edition explores the human issues that underlie information usage and stresses that usability is the main barrier to the electronic medium's campaign to gain mass acceptance. The book is a revision of the successful first edition with a new emphasis on the Web and hypertext design. With the emergence of new uses of information, such as e-commerce and telemedicine, text presentation will take on a new and greater importance. Focus on the design framework and an empirical approach make this a valuable guide to designing effective, user-friendly electronic text.

Author : A Dillon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482284492

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Designing Usable Electronic Text by A Dillon Pdf

Electronic documents offer the possibility of presenting virtually unlimited amounts of information to readers in forms which can be rapidly searched and structured to suit their needs. However, poor design and a failure to consider the user often combine to compromise the realization of this potential.; In this book, Dillon examines the issues inv

Author : A Dillon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994-04-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 074840113X

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Designing Usable Electronic Text by A Dillon Pdf

Electronic documents offer the possibility of presenting virtually unlimited amounts of information to readers in forms which can be rapidly searched and structured to suit their needs. However, poor design and a failure to consider the user often combine to compromise the realization of this potential.; In this book, Dillon examines the issues involved in designing usable electronic documents from the perspective of the designer. It examines the human issues underlying information usage and emphasizes the issue of usability as the main problem in the electronic medium's failure to gain mass acceptance. In an attempt to provide a relevant description of the reading process that supports a more informed view of the issues, a series of studies examining readers and their views as well as uses of texts is reported. The results lead to the proposal of a user-centred framework that provides a broad qualitative model of the important issues for designers to consider when developing an electronic document.; "Designing Usable Electronic Text" focuses attention on aspects that are central to usability, and concludes with an analysis of the likely uses of such a framework and the realistic potential for electronic documents.

Author : Lukas Mathis
Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781680505269

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Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis Pdf

This book is for designers, developers, and product managers who are charged with what sometimes seems like an impossible task: making sure products work the way your users expect them to. You'll find out how to design applications and websites that people will not only use, but will absolutely love. The second edition brings the book up to date and expands it with three completely new chapters. Interaction design - the way the apps on our phones work, the way we enter a destination into our car's GPS - is becoming more and more important. Identify and fix bad software design by making usability the cornerstone of your design process. Lukas weaves together hands-on techniques and fundamental concepts. Each technique chapter explains a specific approach you can use to make your product more user friendly, such as storyboarding, usability tests, and paper prototyping. Idea chapters are concept-based: how to write usable text, how realistic your designs should look, when to use animations. This new edition is updated and expanded with new chapters covering requirements gathering, how the design of data structures influences the user interface, and how to do design work as a team. Through copious illustrations and supporting psychological research, expert developer and user interface designer Lukas Mathis gives you a deep dive into research, design, and implementation--the essential stages in designing usable interfaces for applications and websites. Lukas inspires you to look at design in a whole new way, explaining exactly what to look for - and what to avoid - in creating products that get people excited.

Author : Tom Brinck,Darren Gergle,Scott D. Wood
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1558606580

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Designing Web Sites that Work by Tom Brinck,Darren Gergle,Scott D. Wood Pdf

Every stage in the design of a new web site is an opportunity to meet or miss deadlines and budgetary goals. Every stage is an opportunity to boost or undercut the site's usability. This book tells you how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to almost any business need. You get practical advice on managing the project and incorporating usability principles from the project's inception. This systematic usability process for web design has been developed by the authors and proven again and again in their own successful businesses. A beacon in a sea of web design titles, this book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword or abstraction. The book is written for web designers and web project managers seeking a balance between usability goals and business concerns. * Examines the entire spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure. * Explains clearly the steps relevant to incorporating usability into every stage of the web development process, from requirements to tasks analysis, prototyping and mockups, to user testing, revision, and even postlaunch evaluations. * Includes forms, checklists, and practical techniques that you can easily incorporate into your own projects at http://www.mkp.com/uew/.

Author : Sarah Horton
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780133067347

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Access by Design by Sarah Horton Pdf

In just over a decade, the Web has evolved from an experimental tool for a limited community of technically inclined people into a day-to-day necessity for millions upon millions of users. Today’s¿Web designers must consider not only the content needs of the sites they create, but also the wide range of additional needs their users may have: for example, those with physical or cognitive disabilities, those with slow modems or small screens, and those with limited education or familiarity with the Web. Bestselling author Sarah Horton argues that simply meeting the official standards and guidelines for Web accessibility is not enough. Her goal is universal usability, and in Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, Sarah describes a design methodology¿ that addresses accessibility requirements but then goes beyond. As a result, designers learn how to optimize page designs to work more effectively for more users, disabled or not. Working through each of the main functional features of Web sites, she provides clear principles for using HTML and CSS to deal with elements such as text, forms, images, and tables, illustrating each with an example drawn from the real world. Through these guidelines, Sarah makes a convincing case that good design principles benefit all users of the Web. In this book you will find: Clear principles for using HTML and CSS to design functional and accessible Web sites Best practices for each of the main elements of Web pages—text, forms, images, tables, frames, links, interactivity, and page layout Seasoned advice for using style sheets that provide flexibility to both designer and user without compromising usability Illustrations of actual Web sites, from which designers can model their own pages Instructions for providing keyboard accessibility, flexible layouts, and user-controlled environments Practical tips on markup, and resources

Author : Giles Colborne
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321714152

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Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design by Giles Colborne Pdf

In a complex world, products that are easy to use win favor with consumers. This is the first book on the topic of simplicity aimed specifically at interaction designers. It shows how to drill down and simplify user experiences when designing digital tools and applications. It begins by explaining why simplicity is attractive, explores the laws of simplicity, and presents proven strategies for achieving simplicity. Remove, hide, organize and displace become guidelines for designers, who learn simplicity by seeing before and after examples and case studies where the results speak for themselves.

Author : Michael G. Moore
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:31951D00451682C

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Contemporary Issues in American Distance Education by Michael G. Moore Pdf

Distance Learning in America is characterised by an enormous variety of institutions, programs, media and pedagogical methods. This book attempts to draw together an overall picture of the rapid growth and achievements in the field of American distance education and the problems and issues that confront it. The book is aimed primarily at the university and college teacher and student, and particularly at graduate students in adult and distance education and other related fields. It aims to provide a cross-sectional view of the administrative and policy issues, the questions about learners and instruction, the problems of curriculum and course design and the new conceptual and theoretical concerns of some of the country's foremost practitioners and thinkers.

Author : Michael J. Metts,Andy Welfle
Publisher : Rosenfeld Media
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781933820606

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Writing Is Designing by Michael J. Metts,Andy Welfle Pdf

Without words, apps would be an unusable jumble of shapes and icons, while voice interfaces and chatbots wouldn't even exist. Words make software human–centered, and require just as much thought as the branding and code. This book will show you how to give your users clarity, test your words, and collaborate with your team. You'll see that writing is designing.

Author : R. Harper,L. Palen,A. Taylor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781402030604

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The Inside Text by R. Harper,L. Palen,A. Taylor Pdf

SMS or Text is one of the most popular forms of messaging. Yet, despite its immense popularity, SMS has remained unexamined by science. Not only that, but the commercial organisations, who have been forced to offer SMS by a demanding public, have had very little idea why it has been successful. Indeed, they have, until very recently, planned to replace SMS with other messaging services such as MMS. This book is the first to bring together scientific studies into the values that ‘texting’ provides, examining both cultural variation in countries as different as the Philippines and Germany, as well as the differences between SMS and other communications channels like Instant Messaging and the traditional letter. It presents usability and design research which explores how SMS will evolve and what is likely to be the pattern of person-to-person messaging in the future. In short, The Inside Text is a fundamental resource for anyone interested in mobile communications at the start of the 21st Century.

Author : Albert Badre
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0201729938

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Shaping Web Usability by Albert Badre Pdf

This text provides a complete web usability framework that reflects advanced research & practical experience. It addresses the issues that make web usability design unique including security, privacy, dynamic content, audience & navigation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Word processing
ISBN : UVA:X006017198

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TEXT Technology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tania Schlatter,Deborah Levinson
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780124017139

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Visual Usability by Tania Schlatter,Deborah Levinson Pdf

Imagine how much easier creating web and mobile applications would be if you had a practical and concise, hands-on guide to visual design. Visual Usability gets into the nitty-gritty of applying visual design principles to complex application design. You’ll learn how to avoid common mistakes, make informed decisions about application design, and elevate the ordinary. We’ll review three key principles that affect application design – consistency, hierarchy, and personality – and illustrate how to apply tools like typography, color, and layout to digital application design. Whether you’re a UI professional looking to fine-tune your skills, a developer who cares about making applications beautiful and usable, or someone entirely new to the design arena, Visual Usability is your one-stop, practical guide to visual design. Discover the principles and rules that underlie successful application design Learn how to develop a rationale to support design strategy and move teams forward Master the visual design toolkit to increase user-friendliness and make complicated processes feel straightforward for your product

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Communication
ISBN : UOM:39015058896302

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Information Design Journal by Anonim Pdf