Serves as a guide to the methods of usability engineering. This book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. It includes information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle, along with information on how to run a usability test.

Details a variety of methods for attaining interface consistency, including central control, user definitions, shared code, and model analysis. This work presents a cost-benefits analysis of organizational efforts to promote and achieve consistency. It also considers the consistency of interface elements other than screen design.

For all levels of Computer Science courses in Web Site Design and Management, as well as a valuable practical resource for professionals responsible for designing or managing web sites.Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed Presents and discusses the elements that contribute to a good or not-so-good first impression on a web site by assessing the success and failure of the home pages of 50 high profile media, entertainment, technology, and business web sites. Among other topics, the...

Eyetracking is a field in user interface design. This book demonstrates what can be learned from users' eye paths over a variety of Web designs. It helps you to learn how much a user's goal or task influences the way they read and traverse a Web site.

The author uses this series to try to fight the information overload experienced during the 1980s and 1990s. It surveys specific design or development projects and includes essays by specialists that speculate on important trends in the field.

For courses in Web Design, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, and Graphic Communication.Users experience the usability of a site before they have committed to using it and before they have spent any money on potential purchases. The web is the ultimate environment for empowerment, and he or she who clicks the mouse decides everything. Jakob Nielsen, shares with you the full weight of his wisdom and experience. From content and page design to designing for ease of navigation and users with...

A guide for those who want to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority. Through the hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, it helps you learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues.