Research Catalog

Title

About face : the essentials of user interface design / Alan Cooper.

Author

Cooper, Alan, 1952-

Publication

Foster City, Calif. : IDG Books Worldwide ; [London?] : [distributed by Transworld], 1995.

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Description

xx, 580 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book is intended to provide the reader with effective and practical tools for designing user interfaces. It integrates tactical and strategic approaches, helping the programmer understand how the user comprehends their software.

Subject

• User interfaces (Computer systems)
• Human-computer interaction
• User-Computer Interface
• Attitude to Computers
• Interfaces (Computers)

Note

• "Covers Windows 95" - cover.
• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Part I. The Goal -- 1. Goal-Directed Design -- 2. Software Design -- 3. The Three Models -- 4. Visual Interface Design -- Part II. The Form -- 5. Idioms and Affordances -- 6. An Irreverent History of Rectangles on the Screen -- 7. Windows-with-a-Small-w -- 8. Lord of the Files -- 9. Storage and Retrieval Systems -- 10. Choosing Platforms -- Part III. The Behavior -- 11. Orchestration and Flow -- 12. Posture and State -- 13. Overhead and Idiocy -- 14. The Secret Weapon of Interface Design -- Part IV. The Interaction -- 15. Elephants, Mice and Minnies -- 16. Selection -- 17. Direct Manipulation -- 18. Drag-and-Drop -- Part V. The Cast -- 19. The Meaning of Menus -- 20. Menus -- 21. Dialog Boxes -- 22. Dialog Box Etiquette -- 23. Toolbars -- 24. Roll the Credits, Please -- Part VI. The Gizmos -- 25. Imperative and Selection Gizmos -- 26. Entry and Display Gizmos -- 27. New Gizmos -- Part VII. The Guardian -- 28. The End of Errors -- 29. Managing Exceptions -- 30. Undo -- Part VIII. The Teacher -- 31. Good at What You Do -- 32. Installation, Configuration and Personalization -- 33. Shouldering the Burden -- 34. Where Do We Go from Here?.

ISBN

1568843224 (pbk) :

LCCN

gb^96047952^

OCLC

35665920

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library