Computer Science

In the rush to get on the Web, sites are frequently designed without user input, and the needs of the end user are often not addressed. Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach  provides readers with the concepts and tools needed in designing effective Web sites that meet the needs of the user. It takes the reader through the correct development, The User-centered Development Life Cycle: from the initial idea of developing a Web site, through determining the mission and target user population of the Web site, collecting the requirements, designing the pages, performing usability testing, and implementing and managing a Web site.

• Describes the User-centered Web Development Life Cycle.  Takes the reader from the initial idea of developing a Web site, collecting the requirements, designing the pages, performing usability testing, and implementing and managing a Web site.

• Includes several practical techniques and examples for effective Web design.

• Case studies are presented and explain how User-centered design concepts have been applied to Web development in real-world situations. Case studies presented are Eastman Kodak, Cancernet^® (National Cancer Institute), National Football League Site for Kids, American Speech-Language Hearing Association.

• Written by Dr.Jonathan Lazar, founder and director of the Universal Usability Laboratory at Towson University. Dr. Lazar has served on a number of CHI committees, including the 2001 and 2003 CHI program committee, the ASSETS 2004 program committee, and the CHI US Public Policy Committee. He is an active researcher, and regularly teaches classes in web design, HCI, and usability engineering.           

User Interface Design  (Computer Science)
Web Programming and Design: Numerous Mark-up / Scripting Language  (Computer Science)
Web Design: Aesthetic / Layout Principles  (Computer Science)
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)  (Computer Science)

Book Review

User Interface Design/Human Computer Interaction

Jonathan Lazar, Towson University

ISBN 0-321-32135-9

DESIGN WITH THE USER IN MIND

A Web site design that does not consider its user is a Web site that is destined to be a disappointing experience for the user. This new book by Jonathan Lazar provides readers with the concepts and tools needed to develop Web sites that maximize the user experience. It takes readers through the entire User-Centered Development Life Cycle, demonstrating practical skills and techniques that will help them for years to come.

THE USER-CENTERED DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

The User-Centered Development Life Cycle ensures that the needs of a Web site’s users are the focus of the Web site’s design, from its inception through its implementation and management. Keeping this focus–while collecting requirements, designing pages, and performing usability testing–results in a more effective design and more satisfied users.

Real-world applications are highlighted in four Case Studies, which demonstrate how both commercial and noncommercial organizations designed user-centered Web sites:

• kodak.com (Eastman Kodak)

• PlayFootball.com (National Football League site for children)

• CancerNet.gov (National Cancer Institute)

• asha.org (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)

“Jonathan Lazar’s unique combination of expertise–teaching, research, and practice of HCI, informatics, IT, and accessibility–is what really sets him apart from the other ‘Web experts’ publishing today. His text reflects the diversity that successful Web design requires by balancing user-centeredness with a solid understanding of technical and business issues.”

—ARNIE LUND, Director of Design and Usability,Microsoft Corporation

“This text is magic; it packs experience between the covers of a book. Lazar’s energetic style is filled with examples, focused lists, and Case Studies that walk readers through the Web design process and give them the confidence to do it themselves. He makes user-centered design seem easy by making sure that people matter. If every designer trained from this book, the World Wide Web would be a better place.”

—BEN SHNEIDERMAN, Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland

Online Instructor Material
Lazar
©2006 | Addison-Wesley | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321336054 | ISBN-13: 9780321336057
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Lazar
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ISBN-10: 0321336046 | ISBN-13: 9780321336040
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Online Student Resources
Lazar
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ISBN-10: 0321411145 | ISBN-13: 9780321411143
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CS Support-Student Support Material
Addison-Wesley
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ISBN-10: 0321446852 | ISBN-13: 9780321446855
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Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321267354 | ISBN-13: 9780321267351

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