Usability Quote of the Day

October 11, 2008

Despite the enormous outward success of personal computers, the daily experience of using computers far too often is still fraught with difficulty, pain, and barriers for most people.... The lack of usability of software and the poor design of programs are the secret shame of the industry -- Mitchell Kapor, From Bringing Design to Software, edited by Terry Winograd, Software Design Manifesto, 1996   (via interaction-design.org)
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Designing Interactions: Book recommendation

A book worth reading ...

"I got Designing Interactions over the holidays and have really enjoyed it so far. I’m not done with it, but I’m done enough to be able to recommend it.

The book looks at the evolution and breakthroughs of interface and industrial design over the last 40 odd years.

The history traces a squiggly line through the invention of the mouse, the graphical user interface, the PC, the laptop, the handheld, gaming, online services, the internet, and beyond. It’s a really interesting look at how this builds on that and that changes this.

The 700-page book is richly illustrated and includes interviews with some of the world’s most important figures in design, product development, design education, and computer science."    (Continued via 37signals)    [Usability Resources]


Designing Interactions


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