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| Category: | General - Books | By: | Addison Wesley US |
| More info: | www.awprofessional.c... | Author(s): | Steven C. Seow |
| Pages: | 198 | Year of publication: | 2008 |
Steven Seow begins by introducing a simple model that explains how users perceive & expend time as they interact with technology. He offers specific guidance & recommendations related to several key aspects of time & timing - including user tolerance, system responsiveness, progress indicators, completion time estimates, and more. Finally, he brings together proven techniques for impacting users' perception of time drawn from multiple disciplines & industries, ranging from psychology to » Read more... |  |
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Steven Seow begins by introducing a simple model that explains how users perceive & expend time as they interact with technology. He offers specific guidance & recommendations related to several key aspects of time & timing - including user tolerance, system responsiveness, progress indicators, completion time estimates, and more. Finally, he brings together proven techniques for impacting users' perception of time drawn from multiple disciplines & industries, ranging from psychology to retail, animal research to entertainment.- Discover how time & timing powerfully impact user perception, emotions, and behavior;- Systematically make your applications more considerate of users' time;- Avoid common mistakes that consistently frustrate or infuriate users;- Manage user perceptions & tolerance, and build systems that are perceived as faster;- Optimize 'flow' to make users feel more productive, empowered, and creative; - Make reasonable & informed tradeoffs that maximize limited development resources;- Learn how to test usability issues related to time - including actual vs. perceived task duration.Designing and Engineering Time is for every technology developer, designer, engineer, architect, usability specialist, manager, and marketer. Using its insights & techniques, technical & non-technical professionals can work together to build systems & applications that provide far more value - and create much happier users.