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Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door.
The fault, argues this ingenious — even liberating — book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization.
The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.
The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how — and why — some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
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Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9781541698321
- Release date: November 5, 2013
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- ISBN: 9780465072996
- Release date: November 5, 2013
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- ISBN: 9780465072996
- File size: 11758 KB
- Release date: November 5, 2013
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Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door.
The fault, argues this ingenious — even liberating — book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization.
The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.
The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how — and why — some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
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Publisher:
Basic Books
Edition:
Revised and ExpandedKindle Book
ISBN: 9781541698321
Release date: November 5, 2013
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9780465072996
Release date: November 5, 2013
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9780465072996
File size: 11758 KB
Release date: November 5, 2013
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- Don Norman - Author
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OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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