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Designing with The Mind in Mind
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By
Jeff Johnson, UI Wizards, Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Description
User interface (UI) design rules and guidelines, developed by early HCI gurus and recognized throughout the field, were based on cognitive
psychology (study of mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language), and early practitioners were well informed of
its tenants. But today, practitioners with backgrounds in cognitive psychology are a minority, as user interface designers and developers
enter the field from a wide array of disciplines. HCI practitioners today have enough experience in UI design that they have been exposed
to UI design rules, but it is essential that they understand the psychological basis behind the rules in order to effectively apply them.
Jeff Johnson, the author of Morgan Kaufmann's successful GUI Bloopers presents the first practical guide to help designers
and developers understand the psychology behind these tried and tested user interface design rules.
Johnson applies his engaging, often
humorous style--already well known to designers and developers--to describe, in practical terms, the psychological basis for each rule,
the value of understanding the reasons for each rule, how they interact in actual systems, and the tradeoffs designers have to make when
confronted with conflicting rules or with tight budgets and deadlines.
Johnson is not attempting to redefine rules--he is simply taking
the existing rules and presenting them in a practical way for current practitioners who either do not have a background in psychology
or took the classes so long ago, the fundamentals have faded--tantamount to if you learn a language but don't practice it, the nuances
fade.
The book will explain what interactive system designers and usability testers need to know about human perception and
cognition. It will give designers just enough of a background in psychology that user-interface design guidelines make intuitive sense
rather than being just a list of rules to learn and follow.
Audience
Interface designers and developers, software designers, web designers, web application designers, interaction designers, appliance designers
and developers, information architects, usability engineers, usability evaluators and development managers, students and teachers in
computer science, graphic design, HCI, and usability.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 256 pages, publication date: MAY-2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-375030-3
Imprint: MORGAN KAUFFMAN
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