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Designing Web Interfaces Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions

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ISBN-10: 0596516258

ISBN-13: 9780596516253

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bill Scott, Theresa Neil, Bill et al Xott, B. Scott

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With the recent advent of Ajax and the resurgence of Flash for developing web sites and applications, new patterns of interaction have emerged on the Web. In this book, Bill Scott provides insight on how to best take advantage of the power of these technologies for designing a great user experience through a series of best practices, summarized as eight key principles. Each principle and its nuances are illustrated in detail with real world examples and counter-examples from both inside and outside Yahoo!The design principles provide the rationale for how to apply a pattern. Design patterns provide a solution in context. The eight design principles are introduced as a set of principles…    
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Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Bill is the director of UI Engineering at NetFlix in Los Gatos, Ca where he has stocked a huge playroom full of the newest interactive toys so his team can experiment with designing for different devices. He has a long and glamorous history in the IT world, due mostly to his unique understanding of both the technical and creative aspects of designing usable products. His ramblings and musings can be found at www.looksgoodworkswell.com.

Theresa Neil is a user interface designer who started cataloging interaction principles a couple of years ago while working on enterprise applications at Sabre. 3 years of consulting and 30+ products later, these principles are still guiding her designs. Theresa works from an old cabin in the Hill Country near Austin, Texas, where she lives with her husband and son, and multitude of pets.

Foreword
Preface
Make It Direct
In-Page Editing
Drag and Drop
Direct Selection
Keep It Lightweight
Contextual Tools
Stay on the Page
Overlays
Inlays
Virtual Pages
Process Flow
Provide an Invitation
Static Invitations
Dynamic Invitations
Use Transitions
Transitional Patterns
Purpose of Transitions
React Immediately
Lookup Patterns
Feedback Patterns
Principles and Patterns for Rich Interaction
Colophon