ccenol@rivm.UUCP (Arnold Reinders) (08/22/88)
Does anyone know some literature about user-interfaces? I am thinking about the following topics: - How to use windows - How to present information for maximum understanding - In what way are messages best understood? I think PARC has done a lot of research. Maybe someone has a suggestion how to reach them, or some other hints about people who do some research in that direction. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Arnold Reinders
kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (08/24/88)
In article <995@rivm05.UUCP> ccenol@rivm.UUCP (Arnold Reinders) writes: > >Does anyone know some literature about user-interfaces? > >Arnold Reinders "Human Interface Guidelines: The Apple Desktop Interface" by Apple, pub 1987 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-17753, 144 pages, softcover, $14.95 contains about 6 pages of "Recommended Reading". A good book. Also volumes I, IV, and V of Inside Macintosh each contain a chapter on the subject, vol. I is the best on general issues. I am currently reading Interfacing Thought, edited by Johm M. Carroll, published by The MIT Press, 1987, ISBN 0-262-03125-6, 370 pages, hard cover. Looks interesting, no other comments yet. Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or hscfvax!lloyd!kent
pardo@june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel) (08/24/88)
ccenol@rivm.UUCP (Arnold Reinders) writes: >Does anyone know some literature about user-interfaces? _The_Elements_of_Friendly_Software_Design_ by Paul Heckel, Warner Software/Warner Books (c)1982, 1984. Sort of a "lite" book and the examples are a little out of date (Wordstar?). The information and style is still pretty good. ;-D on ( Nice user, there be a good user ) Pardo -- pardo@cs.washington.edu {rutgers,cornell,ucsd,ubc-cs,tektronix}!uw-beaver!june!pardo
tiwary@hpsrli.HP.COM (Ashutosh Tiwary) (08/25/88)
> Does anyone know some literature about user-interfaces? > I am thinking about the following topics: > - How to use windows A good text for theory of designing user-interfaces and user-interface management systems is a collection of papers titled, User Interface Management systems Edited by Gunther E Pfaff, Springer Verlag, 1985 > - How to present information for maximum understanding > - In what way are messages best understood? A load of practical information on UIs can be obtained from Designing the User Interface by Ben Shneiderman, Addison Wesley, 1987 > > Arnold Reinders > ---------- Good Luck - Ashutosh Tiwary Hewlett Packard, Network Measurement Division Santa Rosa, California 95401. UUCP : {decvax, ucbvax} !hpcea!hpnmd!tiwary ARPA : tiwary%hpnmd@hp-sde.hp.com BITNET : tiwary%hpnmd%hplabs.hp.com@berkeley.edu
cag@esl.UUCP (Christina A Gibbs) (08/26/88)
Arnold Reinders asked: "Does anyone know some literature about user-interfaces?"
A *large* collection of papers was published last year; it includes some classic
UI papers.
_Readings in Human-Computer Interaction_
Ronald M. Baecker & William A.S. Buxton, eds.
Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, CA, 1987
There are several chapters on user interfaces in the textbook:
_Introduction to Computer Graphics_
James D. Foley & A. van Dam
Addison_Wesley ?????
Also investigate the books written by Ben Schneidermann of Univ. Maryland. One
is recent - 1987?? - and a good introductory text on interfaces.
Christina Gibbs
cag@esl.esl.com