Transparent designs : personal computing and the politics of user-friendliness /

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"The author traces the emergence in the late 1970s and early 1980s of the belief that personal computers should be easy to use. He asks readers to consider the consequences of a computational culture grounded in the assumption that the average person does not need to know much, if anything, abo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Black, Michael L., 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Colección:Studies in computing and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
User interfaces (Computer systems) > History > 20th century.
Computer software > Human factors > History > 20th century.
Interfaces utilisateurs (Informatique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Logiciels > Facteurs humains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Computer software > Human factors
User interfaces (Computer systems)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The Politics of User-Friendliness
  • 1 On the Origins of User-Friendliness
  • 2 The Sources of the Personal Computer Revolution
  • 3 Appliance Computing: The Revolution Comes Home
  • 4 IBM, Apple, and a Computer Literacy Crisis
  • 5 The Human Factor
  • Coda. Imagining an Unfriendly Future.

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