Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

The book includes a broad spectrum of topics, including both the traditional paradigm (e.g. One user interacting with a piece of software) and new paradigms (e.g. Ubiquitous computing).central to the book is the idea that design and evaluation are interleaving processes. The book is very 'hands-on' process oriented, explaining how to carry out a variety of methods and techniques. · what is interaction design? · understanding and conceptualizing interaction · understanding users · designing for collaboration and communication · affective aspects · interfaces and interactions · data gathering · data analysis, interpretation, and presentation · the process of interaction design · identifying needs and establishing requirements · design, prototyping and construction · introducing evaluation · an evaluation framework · usability testing and field studies · analytical evaluation