The Essentials Of User Interface Design

The Essentials Of User Interface Design Book Description

Table of contents :
Introduction

PART I: The Goal

Chapter 1: Goal-Directed Design

Chapter 2: Software Design

Chapter 3: The Three Models

Chapter 4: Visual Interface Design

PART II: The Form

Chapter 5: Idioms and Affordances

Chapter 6: An Irreverent History of Rectangles on the Screen

Chapter 7: Windows-with-a-Small-w

Chapter 8: Lord of the Files

Chapter 9: Storage and Retrieval Systems

Chapter 10: Choosing Platforms

PART III: The Behavior

Chapter 11: Orchestration and Flow

Chapter 12: Posture and State

Chapter 13: Overhead and Idiocy

Chapter 14: The Secret Weapon of Interface Design



PART IV: The Interaction

Chapter 15: Elephants, Mice and Minnies

Chapter 16: Selection

Chapter 17: Direct Manipulation

Chapter 18: Drag-and-Drop

PART V: The Cast

Chapter 19: The Meaning of Menus

Chapter 20: Menus

Chapter 21: Dialog Boxes

Chapter 22: Dialog Box Etiquette

Chapter 23: Toolbars

Chapter 24: Roll the Credits, Please

PART VI: The Gizmos

Chapter 25: Imperative and Selection Gizmos

Chapter 26: Entry and Display Gizmos

Chapter 27: New Gizmos



PART VII: The Guardian

Chapter 28: The End of Errors

Chapter 29: Managing Exceptions

Chapter 30: Undo

PART VIII: The Teacher

Chapter 31: Good at What You Do

Chapter 32: Installation, Configuration and Personalization

Chapter 33: Shouldering the Burden

Chapter 34: Where Do We Go from Here'


About Author :
Alan Cooper is one of the most respected software designers of our time. He is the winner of the Microsoft Windows Pioneer Award for his work in designing Visual Basic. He is also one of the most outspoken critics of how the software industry goes about building the interface between products and people. His thirteen-year-old software design consulting company, Cooper Interaction Design, is based in Palo Alto, CA.

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