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Invisible Computer : Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution by Donald A. Norman (1998, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262140659
ISBN-139780262140652
eBay Product ID (ePID)621237
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
Publication NameInvisible Computer : Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectComputer Science, Hardware / Personal Computers / General, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
TypeTextbook
AuthorDonald A. Norman
Subject AreaComputers
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-018841
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsDon Norman has established himself as high technology's leading thinker on user interfaces and on why PCs are too complex., "Don Norman's dramatic transformation from design critic to digital designer has made his observations in The Invisible Computereven more insightful and inciteful." -Michael Schrage, Research Associate, MIT Media Lab, and author of Getting Real
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004.16
SynopsisFrom "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms" (motto of the 1933 Chicago USA World's Fair)--to "People Propose, Science Studies, Technology Conforms" (Donald Norman's person-centered motto for the twenty-first centuray). Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald Norman, and companies and their products must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exulting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer convenience, ease of use, and pleasure. The technology should be invisible, hidden from sight. In this book, Norman shows why the computer is so difficult to use and why this complexity is fundamental to its nature. The only answer, says Norman, is to start over again, to develop information appliances that fit people's needs and lives. To do this companies must change the way they develop products. They need to start with an understanding of people: user needs first, technology last--the opposite of how things are done now., Norman shows why the computer is so difficult to use and why this complexity is fundamental to its nature. The only answer,says Norman, is to start over again, to develop information appliancesthat fit people's needs and lives.
LC Classification NumberHC79.H53N67 1998
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