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Usability engineering / Jakob Nielsen.

By: Nielsen, Jakob, 1957-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: San Diego ; London : Morgan Kaufmann, 1993Description: xiv, 362 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0125184069.Subject(s): User interfaces (Computer systems) | Computer software -- DevelopmentDDC classification: 005.1
Contents:
Executive Summary -- What is usability? -- Generations of User Interfaces -- The usability engineering lifecycle -- Usability heuristics -- Usability testing -- Usability assessment methods beyond testing -- Interface standards -- International user interfaces -- Future developments.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Written by the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia, this book is an excellent guide to the methods of usability engineering. The book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. Step-by-step information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle are included, along with detailed information on how to run a usability test and the unique issues relating to international usability.

Bibliography: (pages 283-340) and indexes.

Executive Summary -- What is usability? -- Generations of User Interfaces -- The usability engineering lifecycle -- Usability heuristics -- Usability testing -- Usability assessment methods beyond testing -- Interface standards -- International user interfaces -- Future developments.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Executive Summary
  • What is Usability?
  • Generations of User Interfaces
  • The Usability Engineering Lifecycle
  • Usability Heuristics
  • Usability Testing
  • Usability Assessment Methods Beyond Testing
  • Interface Standards
  • International User Interfaces
  • Future Developments
  • Appendix A Exercises
  • Appendix B Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Called the world's leading expert on Web usability by US News and World Report , Jakob Nielsen today serves as user advocate and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group. In the course of a career in which he held influential positions at Sun Microsystems, Bellcore, and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, Nielsen founded the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation. He holds 58 US patents, many of which focus on ways to make the Internet easier to use. He has written the Alertbox column on Web usability since 1995 and is the author of Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity and Usability Engineering , plus eight other books.

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