1st Edition
Designing Usable Electronic Text Ergonomic Aspects Of Human Information Usage
By A Dillon
Copyright 1994
206 Pages
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CRC Press
Electronic documents offer the possibility of presenting virtually unlimited amounts of information to readers in forms which can be rapidly searched and structured to suit their needs. However, poor design and a failure to consider the user often combine to compromise the realization of this potential.; In this book, Dillon examines the issues involved in designing usable electronic documents... Read more
The reading process and electronic text; electronic documents as usable artefacts; so what do we know?; describing the reading process at an appropriate level; classifying information into types - the context of use; capturing process data on reading; information as a structured space; a framework for the design of electronic texts; assessing the framework in terms of validity and utility; designing usable electronic text - conclusions and prospects.
Biography
A Dillon
