Designing for Interaction Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices

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9780321432063
ISBN 10:
0321432061
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/18/2006
Publisher: New Riders
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Summary

Finally, an introductory and comprehensive guide to interaction design!

Introduction

xiii

What Is Interaction Design?

(22)

What Are Interactions and Interaction Design?

(2)

Why Interaction Design?

(3)

A (Very) Brief History of Interaction Design

(7)

1940s to 1980s

(2)

1990s to the Present

(3)

A Stew of Acronyms

(5)

Why Practice Interaction Design?

(2)

Starting Points

(20)

The Problem with Problems

(1)

Defining the Project

(4)

Business Goals

(1)

Constraints

(1)

Gathering Information

(1)

Four Approaches to Interaction Design

(13)

User-Centered Design

(2)

Activity-Centered Design

(2)

Systems Design

(6)

Genius Design

(1)

Summary

(1)

Interaction Design Basics

(26)

The Elements of Interaction Design

(8)

Motion

(1)

Space

(2)

Time

(1)

Appearance

(2)

Texture

(1)

Sound

(1)

The Laws of Interaction Design

(8)

Moore's Law

(1)

Fitts' Law

(1)

Hick's Law

(1)

The Magical Number Seven

(1)

Tesler's Law of the Conservation of Complexity

(3)

The Poka-Yoke Principle

(1)

Direct and Indirect Manipulation

(1)

Feedback and Feedforward

(1)

Characteristics of Good Interaction Design

(8)

Trustworthy

(1)

Appropriate

(3)

Smart

(1)

Responsive

(1)

Clever

(1)

Ludic

(1)

Pleasurable

(1)

Summary

(1)

Design Research and Brainstorming

(20)

What Is Design Research?

(3)

Why Bother with Design Research?

(3)

Conducting Design Research

(5)

What Not to Do

(1)

Ethical Research

(1)

Costs and Time

(1)

What to Look For and How to Record It

(2)

Research Methods

(6)

Observations

(1)

Interviews

(2)

Activities

(3)

Design Implications

(2)

Brainstorming: ``And Then a Miracle Occurs...''

(2)

Summary

(1)

The Craft of Interaction Design

(32)

The Tools of the Trade

(1)

Research Models

(5)

Personas

(5)

Scenarios

101

(1)

Sketches and Models

102

(1)

Storyboards

103

(1)

Task Analyses

104

(1)

Task Flows

105

(2)

Use Cases

107

(1)

Mood Boards

108

(1)

Wireframes

109

(5)

The Wireframe

111

(1)

Annotations

112

(1)

Wireframe Metadata

113

(1)

Prototypes: Paper, Interactive, and Physical

114

(3)

Testing

117

(2)

Summary

119

(2)

Interface Design Basics

121

(30)

The Elements of Visual Interface Design

123

(13)

Layout

123

(5)

Typography

128

(3)

Color

131

(2)

Material and Shape

133

(3)

Controls and Widgets

136

(7)

Icons

143

(3)

Sound

146

(1)

Standards

146

(1)

Interfaces Without Faces

147

(3)

Voice

147

(1)

Gestures

148

(1)

Presence

149

(1)

Summary

150

(1)

Smart Applications and Clever Devices

151

(22)

Designing for Multitasking

152

(5)

Designing for Connection

157

(10)

Customization and Personalization

158

(1)

Adaptation

159

(3)

Hacking

162

(5)

Ambient Devices

167

(4)

Summary

171

(2)

Service Design

173

(26)

What Is a Service?

175

(6)

The Characteristics of a Service

175

(1)

The Elements of Service Design

176

(5)

Why Design Services?

181

(1)

Services and Branding

182

(1)

The Differences Between Services and Products

183

(5)

The Craft of Service Design

188

(9)

Environment Description

188

(1)

Stakeholder Description

189

(1)

Company Perceptions and Branding

189

(1)

Touchpoints

190

(1)

Process Map

190

(1)

Service Blueprint

191

(3)

Service Prototype

194

(3)

@ the Center of Digital Services

197

(1)

Summary

198

(1)

The Future of Interaction Design

199

(22)

The Next 10 Years of the Internet

201

(2)

Tools for the Next Web

202

(1)

Intelligent Agents

203

(1)

Spimes and the Internet of Things

204

(1)

Transmedia Interactions

205

(3)

Human-Robot Interactions

208

(4)

Wearables

212

(2)

Ubiquitous Computing

214

(4)

Digital Tools for Making Digital Tools

218

(2)

Summary

220

(1)

Epilogue: Designing for Good

221

(4)

Ethics in Design

222

(1)

Principles

223

(1)

Deliberate Choices

223

(2)

Index

225

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