false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg 344724 1 Designing a good interface isn't easy. Users demand software that is well-behaved, good-looking, and easy to use. Your clients or managers demand originality and a short time to market. Your UI technology -- web applications, desktop software, even mobile devices -- may give you the tools you need, but little guidance on how to use them well. <p> UI designers over the years have refined the art of interface design, evolving many best practices and reusable ideas. If you learn these, and understand why the best user interfaces work so well, you too can design engaging and usable interfaces with less guesswork and more confidence. </p><p> <i>Designing Interfaces</i> captures those best practices as design patterns -- solutions to common design problems, tailored to the situation at hand. Each pattern contains practical advice that you can put to use immediately, plus a variety of examples illustrated in full color. You'll get recommendations, design alternatives, and warnings on when not to use them. </p><p> Each chapter's introduction describes key design concepts that are often misunderstood, such as affordances, visual hierarchy, navigational distance, and the use of color. These give you a deeper understanding of why the patterns work, and how to apply them with more insight. </p><p> A book can't design an interface for you -- no foolproof design process is given here -- but <i>Designing Interfaces</i> does give you concrete ideas that you can mix and recombine as you see fit. Experienced designers can use it as a sourcebook of ideas. Novice designers will find a roadmap to the world of interface and interaction design, with enough guidance to start using these patterns immediately.</p> 335053 21 11 2005 Designing Interfaces total:76|5:18|4:32|3:22|2:4|1:0| 76 292 211 11 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 3 0 false Tue Feb 03 19:17:05 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:23:57 -0800 2009
The book is basically an encyclopedia of UI design patterns, or maybe "mini patterns". Broken into categories like form design, editor design, etc. Covering areas like individual, concrete patterns like tabbed c...more...]]> 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 5 0 false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 21:33:36 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 21:35:56 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 21 09:13:10 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 10:34:57 -0700 2007
Really well-organized, with easy-to-understand explanations and tons of examples.

I had to read this book for my Interface Design class -- normally I sell off my textbooks after the course is done. This...more...]]> 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 3 0 false Fri Jul 18 11:42:02 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 11:44:03 -0700 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 5 0 false Mon May 26 17:39:24 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 17:39:36 -0700 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 4 0 false Sun Aug 03 07:58:24 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 20:01:37 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 03 19:42:07 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 19:42:07 -0800 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Fri Oct 10 15:13:49 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 15:14:14 -0700 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Sun Aug 24 20:29:36 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 20:30:32 -0700 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 01 03:10:07 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 05 02:10:57 -0700 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 02:46:46 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 02:47:54 -0700 2008 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 08:21:50 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 08:21:50 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 05:52:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 05:52:26 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Mon Nov 23 03:59:21 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 03:59:21 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Mon Nov 16 10:31:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 10:31:37 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Sun Nov 15 05:54:55 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 05:54:55 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:09:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 00:09:40 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Sat Nov 07 15:23:19 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:23:19 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 0 0 false Sun Nov 01 21:18:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:18:56 -0800 2009 344724 0596008031 9780596008031 76 11 3.84 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916559m/344724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344724.Designing_Interfaces 4 0 false Sun Nov 01 11:50:25 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:50:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=344724