User centered system design : new perspectives on human-computer interaction / edited by Donald A. Norman and Stephen W. Draper.

User centered system design : new perspectives on human-computer interaction /

This comprehensive volume is the product of an intensive collaborative effort among researchers across the United States, Europe and Japan. The result -- a change in the way we think of humans and computers.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor and Francis
Other Authors: Norman, Donald A. (Editor), Draper, Stephen W. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 1986.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Human-computer interaction.
System design.
Online Access: Full text (WIT users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: S.W. Draper, D.A. Norman, C. Lewis, Introduction.
  • Part I:
  • User Centered System Design.
  • K. Hooper, Architectural Design: An Analogy.
  • L.J. Bannon, Issues in Design: Some Notes.
  • D.A. Norman, Cognitive Engineering.
  • Part II:
  • The Interface Experience.
  • B.K. Laurel, Interface as Mimesis.
  • E.L. Hutchins, J.D. Hollan, D.A. NormanDirect Manipulation Interfaces.
  • A.A. diSessa, Notes on the Future of Programming: Breaking the Utility Barrier.
  • Part III:
  • Users' Understandings.
  • M.S. Riley, User Understanding.
  • C. Lewis, Understanding What's Happening in System Interactions.
  • D. Owen, Naive Theories of Computation.
  • A.A. diSessa, Models of Computation.
  • W. Mark, Knowledge-Based Interface Design.
  • Part IV:
  • User Activities.
  • A. Cypher, The Structure of Users' Activities.
  • Y. Miyata, D.A. Norman, Psychological Issues in Support of Multiple Activities.
  • R. Reichman, Communication Paradigms for a Window System.
  • Part V:
  • Toward a Pragmatics of Human-Machine Communication.
  • W. Buxton, There's More to Interaction Than Meets the Eye: Some Issues in Manual Input.
  • S.W. Draper, Display Managers as the Basis for User-Machine Communication.
  • Part VI:
  • Information Flow.
  • D. Owen, Answers First, Then Questions.
  • C.E. O'Malley, Helping Users Help Themselves.
  • L.J. Bannon, Helping Users Help Each Other.
  • C. Lewis, D.A. Norman, Designing for Error.
  • L.J. Bannon, Computer-Mediated Communication.
  • Part VII:
  • The Context of Computing.
  • J.S. Brown, From Cognitive to Social Ergonomics and Beyond.

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