Web Usability Handbook

Name: Web Usability Handbook
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ISBN: 9781584504696

ISBN-10: 1584504692

ISBN-13: 9781584504696

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Pearrow

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Today?s powerful and effective design tools make designing an attractive Web site quick and easy. But, designing a site that works for your users is still as challenging as ever. Web Usability Handbook, Second Edition is written to teach designers and usability specialists the essential methodologies and tools required to understand user needs, design for them accordingly, and empirically test usability. This completely updated edition surveys current research and applies it to the principles of design. It emphasizes the fact that usability shouldn?t be an afterthought, but integrated throughout the entire design and production cycle. With the hands-on guidance and examples provided…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Charles River Media
Publication date: 10/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 375
Size: 9.25" wide x 7.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Mark Pearrow (Dedham, MA) is a sponsored research staff member at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, MA. His current research is in the area of Technology, Psychology, and Society. He is also the author of the first edition of the Web Site Usability Handbook and The Wireless Web Usability Handbook (Charles River Media).



Acknowledgments


About the Second Edition


Preface



Defining Usability



Introduction to Usability



Human Factors



User-Centered Design



Usability-Aware Design



Accessibility



Measuring Usability



Understanding Your Users and Goals



Usability Metrics



Heuristic Evaluation



Usability Testing



Other Tools and Techniques



Transforming Data Into Change


References