This book deals with a broad scope of issues, topics and paradigms that has traditionally been the scope of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design (ID). The book covers psychological and social aspects of users, interaction styles, user requirements, design approaches, usability and evaluation, traditional and future interface paradigms and the role of theory in informing design.

This textbook is for undergraduate and masters students from a range of backgrounds studying classes in human-computer interaction, interaction design, web design, etc.
A broad range of professionals and technology users will also find this book useful, and so will graduate students who are moving into this area from related disciplines.

Brief Contents
Preface
About the authors
Foreword
1 What is interaction design?
2 Understanding and conceptualizing interaction
3 Understanding users
4 Designing for colla boration and communication
5 Understanding how interfaces affect users
6 The process of interaction design
7 Identifying needs and establishing requirements
8 Design, prototyping and construction
9 User-centered approaches to interaction desing
10 Introducing evaluation
11 An evaluation framework
12 Observing users
13 Asking users and experts
14 Testing and modeling users
15 Design and evaluation in the real world: communicators and advisory systems
Reflections from the Authors
References
Credits
Index
Color Plates

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