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• TuringTest · Feb 7, 2023 · Recommends

  I self-taught those principles decades ago with "About Face 2.0", "The Design of Everyday Things" and "Don't Make Me Think". Though old, I know they provide solid principles because I still find them relevant today. These come from an era before HCI was a professional…

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• tejcirkulate · Dec 12, 2018 · Recommends

  …the Contextual Inquiry book above. If that book teaches what to understand about a user's workflow and environment, this one teaches how to elicit those answers from customers when talking to them. 3. About Face 3, alan cooper If the previous two are about (a) what to look for when understanding a customer and (b) how to get the info you need to build solutions for those customers, then this book is about translating…

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• shailesh · Jul 25, 2013 · Recommends

  …least skimming it. 2. Design Patterns by Erich Gamma et al http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DesignPatterns Also, definitely have a look at Peter Norvig's slides: http://norvig.com/design-patterns 3. About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper 4. Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn Websites: 1. Obviously, HN, :) 2. http://highscalability.com/ It may look like a huge undertaking,…

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• neosat · Oct 15, 2016 · Recommends

  If you can read only one book read About Face 2.0 You can find a somewhat better about most of the topics mentioned there that go into more depth into individual topics (except maybe the core of interaction design) but About Face 2.0 will give you a…

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• tejcirkulate · Nov 16, 2018 · Recommends

  If you're willing to put in the effort for some serious study, then try these 2 books. They worked very well for me. a. About Face 3 by Alan Cooper b. Contextual Design by Karen Holtzblatt These two will set you up.

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• tootie · Feb 12, 2024 · Recommends

  The top answer references About Face 2.0 which I read at the time and it's still probably the best book on user experience design. I think there's newer editions, but the principles it laid out were really the fundaments that I still live by.

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• ygra · Apr 9, 2013 · Mentions

  That's why many people (I first read about this in Alan Cooper's About Face 2.0) advocating for automatic save also advocate for unlimited undo (or at least something close to it) because closing a document and not saving it is just a form of undo while closing a document and saving…

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• brownegg · Sep 1, 2009 · Mentions

  …and focus of discourse here should make for great recommendations. <edit> Should this be restricted to "on topic" material? </edit> Me, recently and currently: http://www.amazon.com/About-Face-2-0-Essentials-Interaction/dp/0764526413/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251767831&sr=8-12 http://www.amazon.com/Matter-Great-Design-People-Company/dp/0137142447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251767882&sr=8-1…

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• kls · Oct 7, 2010 · Mentions

  Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design Institutionalization of Usability User Interfaces for All -- expensive but good. About Face 2.0 -- Good info poorly written I think 3 may be out by now. Human Factors in Information Systems

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