HCI Design
Amberlight's extensive collection of HCI and design texts are freely available to our clients, partners and friends. Contact us for more information.
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The Essentials of Interaction Design
From the creator of Goal Directed Design this updated version of the classic text is essential for any UI designer who must communicate effectively with software developers.
The Inmates are Running the Asylum
Cooper's now-classic text articulates his frustration with badly designed software (and also introduces the term "dancing bearware"!).
The Essential Guide to User Interface Design
As it says on the cover, "An informative step-by-step guide to building user-friendly system interfaces." Packed with useful guidelines for selecting the right interface widgets.
The Elements of the User Experience
Clear and concise synthesis of many different areas of online user experience. Important guide for web designers and business managers.
Web Redesign Workflow that Works
A Pattern Language for Web Usability
This book applies the software development concept of design patterns to the realm of website usability. Seventy-nine web usability patterns are identified and described to help web designers create more usable websites.
User and Task Analysis
Find out how to gather data on users, their tasks and the environment of use, and why this is an important first step in designing effective interfaces.
GUI Bloopers
Johnson details common design howlers that plague software users.
Don't Make Me Think
The popular common-sense guide to usability design and testing.
The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design
Ben Shneiderman, Don Norman, Bruce Tognazzi, Ted Nelson and company consider the philospophical and psychological perspectives in interface design, looking at a range of current and innovative technologies.
The Usability Engineering Lifecycle
Great handbook for practitioners and project managers alike! Presents a useful overview of the usability design process and describes detailed techniques and activities at each stage.
Interaction Design
This book considers the question, "What is interaction design?". It looks at the issues around designing across new and emerging platforms, and the challenges of a multi-disciplinary approach to interaction design.
The Humane Interface
The creator of the Apple Macintosh project looks to the future, and discusses new approaches based on scientific knowledge that will make computer interfaces easier to use and easier to learn.
Human Computer Factors
A wider perspective on user-centred design, which considers the entire system within an organisational context. Essential read for organisations wishing to effectively introduce new technology with minimal disruption.
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