Re: Info sucks?
On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 10:16:09PM -0300, Lalo Martins wrote:
> On Sep 17, Tim Bell decided to present us with:
> >
> > "The Psychology of Everyday Things" contains lots of examples of UIs,
> > both good and bad, and the principles behind them. I would go so far as
> > to say it should be compulsory reading for anyone designing any tool, be
> > it an editor or a pen.
> >
> > @Book{,
> > author = {Donald A. Norman},
> > title = {The Psychology of Everyday Things},
> > publisher = {Basic Books},
> > year = {1988},
> > address = {New York},
> > }
>
> I found also "The Design of Everyday Things" - same author,
> Currency/Doubleday, 1990, ISBN: 0385267746; the reviews of both
> lead me to think "The Design..." is more useful for us geeks.
> Sorry to be somewhat offtopic, but this _is_ the area I plan to
> study and work on, you know :-)
The Design of Everyday Things is the paperback version of the
above book. It is identical in every way.
"Work on this area" meaning corporate or academic or hobby, out of
curiosity?
-Seth
--
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"
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