Ben Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to think freshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build products that better support human needs and that are usable at any bandwidth. Shneiderman proposes Leonardo da Vinci as an inspirational muse for the "new computing." He wonders how Leonardo would use a laptop and what applications he would create.

HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks fills a huge void in the education and training of advanced HCI students. Its authors comprise a veritable house of diamonds-internationally known HCI researchers, every one of whom has successfully applied a unique scientific method to solve practical problems.
Each chapter focuses on a different scientific analysis or approach, but all in an identical format, especially designed to facilitate comparison of the various models.

Délibérément pragmatique, cet ouvrage fait la synthèse des recommandations et des expériences menées dans le domaine de l'ergonomie du logiciel et des sites internet. Du choix des couleurs et des polices de caractères à l'organisation des composants de l'interface, de la conception du protocole de navigation d'un site internet aux spécificités graphiques d'une page web, il propose des méthodes et donne des conseils pratiques pour rendre le dialogue homme-machine le plus simple, le plus fluide et le plus efficace possible. 

Text provides an overview of the Section 508 Accessibility Requirements. Includes chapters such as What is Section 508 Accessibility?; Understanding Section 508 Requirements; Hardware, Resources, and Training; Developer Guidelines that Make Sense; Desktop Application Essentials; and Using Microsoft Active Accessibility. For software application developers.

This book that introduces the reader to the human component of Web site design. Readers will be able to do a much better job of writing front ends or other interactive software, as the book describes the creation of user-friendly Web sites. In the context of Human-Computer Interaction and Web design, this book covers such topics as user and task analysis, content organization, visual organization, navigation design, prototyping, and evaluation, as well as color, typography, multimedia, bandwidth and file compression, accessibility, globalization and future trends.