Designing usable electronic text
by
 
Dillon, Andrew.

Title
Designing usable electronic text

Author
Dillon, Andrew.

ISBN
9780415240598
 
9781420025170
 
9780367801151

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, ©2004.

Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 214 pages)

Contents
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Reading, books and electronic text; Electronic documents as usable artifacts; So what do we know? An overview of the empirical literature on reading from screens; Describing the reading process at an appropriate level; Classifying information into types: the context of use; Capturing process data on reading: just what are readers doing?; Shape: information as a structured space; TIME: a framework for the design and evaluation of digital documents; Applying the TIME framework; Conclusions and prospects; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Abstract
This book explores the issues of information usage and stresses that a lack of usability is the main barrier to mass aceptance of the electronic medium It shows how designers should take a user-centred approach to the presentation of information.

Subject Term
Text processing (Computer science)
 
Electronic publishing.
 
Human-computer interaction.
 
COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
 
COMPUTERS / Computer Graphics / General
 
COMPUTERS / Information Technology
 
TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Health & Safety

Electronic Access
Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367801151
 
OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf Number[[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]]Status
Online LibraryE-Book545549-1001QA76.9 .T48 D55 2003BCRC E-Books