Interface Design & Document Design

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-420-0510-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

Reihe: Buiten serie

User interfaces and supporting documentation are both supposed to help people when using a complex device. But often, these forms of support seem to come from different worlds. User interface designers, document designers, and researchers in both interface and document design share many goals, but are also separated by many barriers.

In this book, user interface designers and documents designers from Microsoft Corporation and from Apple Computer, plus researchers from several universities try to bridge the gap between interface design and document design. They discuss opportunities for closer cooperation, and for more integrated and effective help for users of modern technology.

Keywords: Man Machine Interaction; User Interface Design; Online Help Design; Document Design; Information Design; Visual Communication; Technical Communication; Gerontechnology

Target group: user interface designers, manual designers, designers of instructions for use, interaction researchers, information designers, document designers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Westendorp, Piet

Jansen, Carel

Punselie, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Semiotik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Piet WESTENDORP, Carel JANSEN, Rob PUNSELIE: Parallels and dichotomies in Interface Design & Document Design. Tjeerd HOEK & Leah KAUFMAN: Help yourself: designing help to fit software users and their work. Kevin KNABE: Designing online help for the Mac OS. José ARCELLANA: Designing Assistants. Herman BOUMA: Document and user interface design for older citizens. Patricia WRIGHT: Supportive documentation for older people. Dominic BOUWHUIS: Document-supported communication: design of new forms of interaction.