rs3r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard E. Stuart) (05/18/91)
Yo, I'm looking for some good books that discuss building good user interfaces. A "Psychology of Design" type of read is what I want. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed Stuart rs3r+@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon
ted@mammoth.unr.edu (Ted Sarbin) (05/18/91)
In article <McB5oU600WAvMYQkZz@andrew.cmu.edu> rs3r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard E. Stuart) writes: > >I'm looking for some good books that discuss building good user >interfaces. A "Psychology of Design" type of read is what I want. Any >pointers would be appreciated. > Try: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman (Previously published as The Psychology of Everyday Things). A trade book but very good. Norman is the chairman of the Cognitive Science Department at UC, San Diego User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction edited by Donald A. Norman and Stephen W. Draper. Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction edited by John M. Carroll. Carroll is at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center. This book has a number of good theoretical papers. Designing the User Interface: Startegies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction by Ben Shneiderman. Shneiderman is one of the founders of the CHI studies. His 1980 book, Software Psychology, has some interface design information but this one is much newer and better. Not especially scholarly, it seems to be aimed at the practitioner. Shneiderman is at the Univ of Maryland.