Jakob Nielsen è un'autorità di spicco nell'usabilità web, noto per aver fondato il movimento "discount usability engineering". Il suo lavoro si concentra su miglioramenti rapidi ed economici delle interfacce utente, portando all'invenzione di diversi metodi, inclusa la valutazione euristica. Condivide la sua vasta competenza e ricerca nell'interazione uomo-computer e nell'usabilità del web attraverso le sue pubblicazioni e conferenze. Si focalizza sui cinque componenti chiave della qualità dell'usabilità: apprendibilità, efficienza, memorabilità, errori (basso tasso di errore) e soddisfazione.
With the world continuing to shrink into a "global village, " software companies are working to make programs that transcend language and cultural borders. One such way is through international user interfaces where the software is prepared so that it can be easily localized in each country. This book focuses on user interfaces, exploring what they can do, and what they need to do to become commercially viable.
Deals with content and page design, designing for ease of navigation and users with disabilities. This book presents a series of principles which show: that web users want to find what they're after quickly; and, that if they don't know what they're after, they want to browse quickly and access information they come across in a logical manner.
Offers insights into designing websites and apps for smart phone and tablet users.
Eyetracking is a hot new field in user interface design. The authors demonstrate what can be learned from users' eye paths over a broad variety of Web designs. Readers learn how much a users' goal or task influences the way to read and traverse a Web site, how to react to advertising and design elements that look like ads, and much more.
