Task-Centered User Interface Design
A Practical Introduction
by Clayton Lewis and John Rieman
Copyright ©1993, 1994: Please see the "shareware notice" at the front of the book.
Contents | Foreword |ProcessUsers&Tasks | Design | Inspections | User-testing | Tools | Documentation |

0.1 What's This Book All About?
        0.1.1 Who Should Be Reading the Book?
        0.1.2 What Is the User Interface?
        0.1.3 What Kind of User Interfaces Does This Book Cover?
        0.1.4 Why Focus on Design?
0.2 How to Use This Book
        0.2.1 HyperTopics and Examples
        0.2.2 Exercises
0.3 About Shareware: How to Get and Pay for This Book
        0.3.1 Why Shareware?
        0.3.2 Special Note to Instructors and Students
        0.3.3 Where to Get Up-To-Date Copies
        0.3.4 Corrections and Additions
        0.3.5 Let Us Know What You Think
0.4 About the Authors
0.5 Acknowledgements
0.6 Disclaimers

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0.1 What's This Book All About?




The central goal of this book is to teach the reader how to design user interfaces that will enable people to learn computer systems quickly and use them effectively, efficiently, and comfortably. The interface issues addressed are primarily cognitive, that is, having to do with mental activities such as perception, memory, learning, and problem solving. Physical ergonomic issues such as keyboard height or display contrast are covered only briefly.











Copyright © 1993,1994 Lewis & Rieman







Contents | Foreword |ProcessUsers&Tasks | Design | Inspections | User-testing | Tools | Documentation |