The invisible computer : why good products can fail, the personal computer is so complex, and information appliances are the solution /
By: Norman, Donald A
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.Description: xii, 302 p. : ill ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0262140659 (alk. paper); 9780262140652Program: CSCI925Subject(s): High technology industries -- Marketing | Human-computer interaction | Industrial design | Human engineering | High technology industries -- Marketing | Computers | Industrial design | Human engineeringDDC classification: 004.16 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drop everything you're doing -- Growing up : moving from technology-centered to human-centered products -- The move to information appliances -- What's wrong with the PC? -- There is no magical cure -- The power of infrastructure -- Being analog -- Why is everything so difficult to use? -- Human-centered development -- Want human-centered development? : reorganize the company -- Disruptive technologies -- A world of information appliances.
The technology-centered approach has made the personal computer too complex and less useful than it needs to be. A human-centered approach would design information appliances that do what people want without requiring a great deal of knowledge about the technology.
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CSCI925