Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems: What System Designers Need to Know about People
Frank E. Ritter
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Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems introduces the fundamental human capabilities and characteristics that influence how people use interactive technologies. Organized into four main areas-anthropometrics, behaviour, cognition and social factors-it covers basic research and considers the practical implications of that research on system design. Applying what you learn from this book will help you to design interactive systems that are more usable, more useful and more effective. The authors have deliberately developed Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems to appeal to system designers and developers, as well as to students who are taking courses in system design ... Read more
Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems introduces the fundamental human capabilities and characteristics that influence how people use interactive technologies. Organized into four main areas-anthropometrics, behaviour, cognition and social factors-it covers basic research and considers the practical implications of that research on system design. Applying what you learn from this book will help you to design interactive systems that are more usable, more useful and more effective. The authors have deliberately developed Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems to appeal to system designers and developers, as well as to students who are taking courses in system design ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447151333
SKU
V9781447151333
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Ref
99-15
About Frank E. Ritter
Frank E. Ritter is a professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, professor in the Department of Psychology, and professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He has published more than 100 articles and conference papers, and edited several books in the area of cognitive modeling, cognitive architectures, human-computer interaction, ... Read more
Reviews for Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems: What System Designers Need to Know about People
This book is about understanding people in order to design better interactive devices. It is addressed to designers of modern technological systems. ... Each chapter concludes with implications for system design, a summary, other resources, and many exercises that help readers to better understand the chapter. ... It is very useful for anyone who designs interactive systems. It contains in-depth ... Read more