Design Wise: A Guide for Evaluating the Interface Design of Information Resources (Paperback)

Description:

Evaluating design to get the most out of CD-ROMs, Web sites, and On-line commercial databases

“Head delivers a practical and informative handbook about the usability of online resources. This is a terrific resource for anyone who cares about users and their ability to efficiently navigate the online world.” —Elizabeth Osder, The New York Times on the Web

A badly designed Web site interface can result in a site that is hard to find and hard to use but a well-designed interface helps users find and utilize the information they need quickly and easily. Design Wise explains what interface design is and how to evaluate it. Information on the importance of interface design to users, how a product gets designed, a design evaluation template, and design analyses of CD-ROMs, Web sites, and online providers is included. Users can now make sure that they are accessing the best computer resources that their time, effort, and money can buy.

Alison Head is a lecturer, writer, and information management consultant. She has been a contractor on Internet design and evaluation at Hewlett-Packard and has lectured extensively on Library and Information Science. She lives in Sonoma, California.

描述：
該書介紹了如何評估設計以充分利用CD-ROM、網站和在線商業數據庫。這是一本實用且信息豐富的手冊，適合所有關心用戶及其在線世界中有效導航能力的人士。《紐約時報》網站的Elizabeth Osder評價該書為“一本關於在線資源可用性的實用且信息豐富的手冊。對於關心用戶及其在線導航能力的人來說，這是一個很棒的資源。”
糟糕設計的網站界面可能導致難以找到和使用的網站，但良好設計的界面可以幫助用戶快速且輕鬆地找到和使用所需的信息。《設計智慧》解釋了界面設計的概念以及如何評估它。書中包含了關於界面設計對用戶的重要性、產品設計過程、設計評估模板以及對CD-ROM、網站和在線服務提供商的設計分析的信息。用戶現在可以確保他們能夠使用他們的時間、精力和金錢購買到最好的計算機資源。
作者Alison Head是一位講師、作家和信息管理顧問。她曾在惠普公司擔任互聯網設計和評估的承包商，並在圖書館和信息科學領域進行了廣泛的講座。她居住在加利福尼亞州索諾馬。