User Interface Evaluation: A Structured Approach

by Siegfried Treu

Overview

A companion to the author's User Interface Evaluation, this book details a systematic and comprehensive methodology to measure and evaluate new or existing human-computer interfaces. The text will serve both as a reference source, and as a supplement to its sister volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461360810
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/23/2012
Series:	Languages and Information Systems
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I Introduction.- 1. Background and Status.- 2. Design Before Evaluation.- II Prerequisite Knowledge Areas.- 3. Supportive Tools and Techniques.- 4. Interface Structures.- 5. Basic Measures of Performance.- III Measurement and Evaluation.- 6. Evaluation Terms and Aspects.- 7. Tailored Measures of Performance.- 8. Evaluation Approaches and Methods.- IV Special Topics.- 9. Stress and User Satisfaction.- 10. Visualizable Objects and Spaces.- 11. Interaction and Mental Involvement.- 12. Structural Specification and Utility.

Editorial Reviews

Contains cross references to the companion book User Interface Design, 1994. It begins with a discussion of the background and design before evaluation, then covers the prerequisite knowledge areas of tools and techniques, interface structures, and basic measures. Part three discusses evaluation terms, performance measures, and evaluation approaches. The last part covers stress and user satisfaction, visualizable objects, mental involvement, and structural utility. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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