eBook: Task-Centered User Interface Design - A Practical Introduction

Task-Centered User Interface Design - A Practical Introduction by Clayton Lewis and John Rieman. This book teaches the reader how to design user interfaces that will enable people to learn computer systems quickly and use them effectively, efficiently, and comfortably. The interface issues addressed are primarily cognitive, that is, having to do with mental activities such as perception, memory, learning, and problem solving. Physical ergonomic issues such as keyboard height or display contrast are covered in brief. The principles presented in this book were developed primarily in the context of the interfaces to computer software and hardware, but they are also applicable to a wide variety of other machines, from complex equipment such as phone systems and video cameras to simple appliances like refrigerators and power tools. Simpler machines are sometimes informative examples of problems or solutions in interface design. Programmers, systems analysts, users and user-group representatives, technical writers, training coordinators, customer representatives, and managers at several levels will find this book useful. To download this 190 pages book in pdf format, pl. visit hcibib.org/tcuid/tcuid.pdf