Usability : turning technologies into tools /
As more and more equipment incorporates advanced technologies, usability -- the ability of equipment to take advantage of users' skills and thereby to function effectively in the broad range of real work situations -- is becoming an essential component of equipment design. Usability: Turning Te...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | As more and more equipment incorporates advanced technologies, usability -- the ability of equipment to take advantage of users' skills and thereby to function effectively in the broad range of real work situations -- is becoming an essential component of equipment design. Usability: Turning Technologies into Tools collects six essays that herald a fundamental shift in the way industry and researchers think about usability. In this new, broader definition, usability no longer means safeguarding against human error, but rather enabling human beings to learn, to use, and to adapt the equipment t. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 1423737156 9781423737155 160129882X 9781601298829 1280442387 9781280442384 9780195075106 0195075102 |