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The Essential Guide to User Interface Design : An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition
by Galitz, Wilbert O
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- Title The Essential Guide to User Interface Design : An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques
- Author Galitz, Wilbert O
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 640
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Hoboken, NJ
- Publication date December 13, 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 42548285-20
- ISBN 9780471157557 / 0471157554
- Weight 2.39 lbs (1.08 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 7.54 x 1.41 in (23.50 x 19.15 x 3.58 cm)
- Category Computers - Other Applications
- Library of Congress subjects Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96022908
- Dewey Decimal Code 005.437
- Quantity available 1
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Summary
Bringing together the results of more than 300 new design studies, an understanding of people, knowledge of hardware and software capabilities, and the author's practical experience gained from 45 years of work with display-based systems, this book addresses interface and screen design from the user's perspective. You will learn how to create an effective design methodology, design and organize screens and Web pages that encourage efficient comprehension and execution, and create screen icons and graphics that make displays easier and more comfortable to use.
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In brief, a graphical user interface can be defined as follows.
