Reiss Usable Usability

Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-24043-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

The A-to-Z guide to spotting and fixing usability problems
Frustrated by pop-ups? Forms that make you start over if youmiss a field? Nonsensical error messages? You're not alone! Thisbook helps you simply get it right the first time (or fix what'sbroken). Boasting a full-color interior packed with design andlayout examples, this book teaches you how to understand a user'sneeds, divulges techniques for exceeding a user's expectations, andprovides a host of hard won advice for improving the overallquality of a user's experience. World-renowned UX guru Eric Reissshares his knowledge from decades of experience making productsuseable for everyone...all in an engaging, easy-to-applymanner.
* Reveals proven tools that simply make products better, from theusers' perspective
* Provides simple guidelines and checklists to help you evaluateand improve your own products
* Zeroes in on essential elements to consider when planning aproduct, such as its functionality and responsiveness, whether ornot it is ergonomic, making it foolproof, and more
* Addresses considerations for product clarity, including itsvisibility, understandability, logicalness, consistency, andpredictability
Usable Usability walks you through numerous techniquesthat will help ensure happy customers and successful products!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reiss, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Ease of Use.
1 Functional.
2 Responsiveness.
3 Ergonomics.
4 Convenient.
5 Foolproof.
II Elegance and Clarity.
6 Visible.
7 Understandable.
8 Logical.
9 Consistent.
10 Predictable.
11 Next Steps.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Reiss has been meddling with service- and product-design projects for longer than he cares to remember. Today, he is CEO of The FatDUX Group, an international user-experience design company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eric has also lectured on design principles at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, is a former Professor of Usability and Design at the IE Business School in Madrid, and serves on the advisory boards of several universities and institutes in both Europe and the United States. His Web Dogma, a design philosophy that transcends both fashion and technology, has been adopted by thousands of developers and companies around the world. You can follow Eric Reiss on Twitter: @elreiss