UID:
almafu_9960073122102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (433 p.)
Ausgabe:
Updated and rev., [New ed.].
ISBN:
9781281046550
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1281046558
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9780080552149
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0080552145
Serie:
The Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies
Inhalt:
Is your application or Web site ready for prime time? A major revision of a classic reference, GUI Bloopers 2.0 looks at user interface design bloopers from commercial software, Web sites, Web applications, and information appliances, explaining how intelligent, well-intentioned professionals make these mistakes--and how you can avoid them. While equipping you with the minimum of theory, GUI expert Jeff Johnson presents the reality of interface design in an entertaining, anecdotal, and instructive way.* Updated to reflect the bloopers that are common today, incorporating many c
Anmerkung:
Originally published: San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, under title: GUI bloopers, 2000.
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Front Cover; GUI Bloopers 2.0; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: First Principles; Introduction; Basic Principle 1: Focus on the users and their tasks, not on the technology; Basic Principle 2: Consider function first, presentation later; Basic Principle 3: Conform to the users' view of the task; Basic Principle 4: Design for the common case; Basic Principle 5: Don't distract users from their goals; Basic Principle 6: Facilitate learning; Basic Principle 7: Deliver information, not just data; Basic Principle 8: Design for responsiveness
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Basic Principle 9: Try it out on users, then fix it!Chapter 2: GUI Control Bloopers; Introduction; Using the wrong control; Blooper 1: Confusing checkboxes and radio buttons; Blooper 2: Using a checkbox for a non-ON/OFF setting; Blooper 3: Using command buttons as toggles; Blooper 4: Using tabs as radio buttons; Blooper 5: Too many tabs; Blooper 6: Using input controls for display-only data; Blooper 7: Overusing text fi elds for constrained input; Using controls wrongly; Blooper 8: Dynamic menus; Blooper 9: Intolerant data fi elds; Blooper 10: Input fields and controls with no default
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Blooper 11: Poor defaultsBlooper 12: Negative checkboxes; Chapter 3: Navigation Bloopers; Introduction; Not showing users where they are; Blooper 13: Window or page not identified; Blooper 14: Same title on different windows; Blooper 15: Window title doesn't match command or link; Leading users astray and not showing the way; Blooper 16: Distracting off-path buttons and links; Blooper 17: Self-links; Blooper 18: Too many levels of dialog boxes; Poor search navigation; Blooper 19: Competing search boxes; Blooper 20: Poor search results browsing; Blooper 21: Noisy search results
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Chapter 4: Textual BloopersIntroduction; Uncommunicative text; Blooper 22: Inconsistent terminology; Blooper 23: Unclear terminology; Blooper 24: Bad writing; Blooper 25: Too much text; Developer-centric text; Blooper 26: Speaking Geek; Blooper 27: Calling users "user" to their face; Blooper 28: Vague error messages; Misleading text; Blooper 29: Erroneous messages; Blooper 30: Text makes sense in isolation but is misleading in the GUI; Blooper 31: Misuse (or nonuse) of "..." on command labels; Chapter 5: Graphic Design and Layout Bloopers; Introduction; Bad layout and window placement
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Blooper 32: Easily missed informationBlooper 33: Mixing dialog box control buttons with content control buttons; Blooper 34: Misusing group boxes; Blooper 35: Radio buttons too far apart; Blooper 36: Labels too far from data fi elds; Blooper 37: Inconsistent label alignment; Blooper 38: Bad initial window location; Troublesome typography; Blooper 39: Tiny fonts; Chapter 6: Interaction Bloopers; Introduction; Deviating from task focus; Blooper 40: Exposing the implementation to users; Blooper 41: Needless restrictions; Blooper 42: Confusable concepts; Requiring unnecessary steps
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Blooper 43: Asking users for unneeded data
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780123706430
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0123706432
Sprache:
Englisch
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