Alan J. Dix, Staffordshire University, UK
Janet E. Finlay, Huddersfield University, UK
Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology
Russell Beale, University of Birmingham, UK

Published January, 1998 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

Copyright 1998, 6385 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-239864-8
$51.00

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Extensively revised and rewritten in light of recent advances, this best-selling book is a comprehensive examination of human-computer interaction.

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I. FOUNDATIONS.

1. The Human.
2. The Computer.
3. The Interaction.

II. DESIGN PRACTICE.

4. Usability Paradigms and Principles.
5. The Design Process.
6. Models of the User in Design.
7. Task Analysis.
8. Dialog Notations and Design.
9. Models of the System.
10. Implementation Support.
11. Evaluation Techniques.
12. Help and Documentation.

III. APPLICATION AREAS.

13. Groupware.
14. CSCW and Social Issues.
15. Out of the Glass Box.
16. Hypertext, Multimedia and the World Wide Web.
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