Description: Language and Communication : Essential Concepts for User Interface and Documentation Design, Hardcover by Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes, ISBN 0195108388, ISBN-13 9780195108385, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Computer interfaces and documentation are notoriously difficult for any user, regardless of his or her level of experience. Advances in technology are not making applications more friendly. Introducing concepts from linguistics and language teaching, Language and Communication proposes a new approach to computer interface design. Th explains for the first time why the much hyped user-friendly interface is treated with such derision by the user community. The author argues that software and hardware designers should consider such fundamental language concepts as meaning, context, function, variety, and equivalence. She goes on to show how imagining an interface as a new language can be an invaluable design exercise, calling into question deeply held beliefs and assumptions about what users will or will not understand. Written for a wide range of computer scientists and professionals, and presuming no prior knowledge of language-related terminology, this volume is a key step in the on-going information revolution.
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Book Title: Language and Communication : Essential Concepts for User Interfac
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Language and Communication : Essential concepts for User Interface and Documentation Design
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Documentation & Technical Writing, User Interfaces
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 1999
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Computers
Author: Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
