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Author: Daniel D. McCracken
ISBN : 0130411612
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This is an innovative and timely book that introduces the reader to the human component of Web site design. Readers will be able to do a much better job of writing front ends or other interactive software, as the book describes the creation of user-friendly Web sites. In the context of Human-Computer Interaction and Web design, this book covers such topics as user and task analysis, content organization, visual organization, navigation design, prototyping, and evaluation, as well as color, typography, multimedia, accessibility, globalization. For individuals interested in entering the field of Web page and site design, as well as industrial team workers in HCI and Web site development.
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- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (May 30, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130411612
- ISBN-13: 978-0130411617
- Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 6.3 x 9.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Until it was finally in my hands, I wondered why this book had not received much reviewer attention, given its solid content and authorship. Keys to understanding that at once became obvious:
1) The book is much more expensive than books with similar content.
2) The eloquent Jared Spool, listed as an author, provided only a short preface.
3) The book was designed as a college textbook. Who loves or hates a textbook enough to bother to review it?
As a classroom aid, the book is superb. Usability principles are presented from foundations to applications clearly and without padding. Unlike many usability texts, statements are backed with ample references. The color illustrations lighten the book sufficiently to soften any textbooky stigma.
Each chapter ended with review questions and exercises. Some of them were very interesting and creative, but if you are not in a classroom with an instructor who has access to the password-protected answers, you are on your own.
So the Web professional attracted to the material and learning on his own will inevitably feel a bit cheated out of the full value of the book.
Normally, I have had good purchases from Amazon. I will continue to shop for other items here. Unfortunately, the book had words missing from every sentence towards the middle of the book. Also there were full sentences missing at the bottom of the page as if the printing of this book was not checked. I tried to see if I could keep it, because my class had already started, but it was hard to read the chapters when you have words and full sentences missing.
By Manuel Cruz
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