Designing Usable Electronic Text: Ergonomic Aspects Of Human Information UsageCRC Press, 2004 M01 14 - 224 pages Poor design and a failure to consider the user often act against the effectiveness in online communication. Designing Usable Electronic Text, Second Edition explores the human issues that underlie information usage and stresses that usability is the main barrier to the electronic medium's campaign to gain mass acceptance. The book is a revision of the successful First Edition with a new emphasis on the Web and hypertext design and their impacts. With the emergence of new uses of information, such as e-commerce and telemedicine, text presentation will take on a new and greater importance. Its focus on the design framework and its empirical approach make it a unique book. |
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academic journals activity anti-aliasing application approach behaviour chapter cognitive cognitive psychology cognitive walkthrough comprehension conceptualisation contents criteria cues described design process differences digital documents Dillon display domain effect electronic documents elements empirical examine example experimental findings framework genre Gould human factors Human-Computer Interaction HyperCard hypermedia hypertext identify image quality information model information space information technology input interaction interface investigation involved issues journal knowledge literature manipulation facilities manuals McKnight means medium method navigation organisation paper texts perception performance present problems prototype psychology question readers reading from screens reading process relevant repertory grid reported scanning scenario schemata Scrolls search facilities semantic spatial specific speed stage structure subjects suggest target task analysis task model text types typical usability engineering usability evaluation usage user-centred user’s variables verbal protocols visual ergonomics word processor