About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin
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Author: Alan Cooper, David Cronin, Robert ReimannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-07
ISBN: 0470084111
Number of pages: 648
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: A Waste of Time
Summary: 1 Stars
The first thing you will notice about this book is that the author is extremely wordy. There is a constant repeat rephrasing of the same information. For instance, you will read that software developers usually don't know what they're doing nine-hundred times in the first chapter(and if the drivel in this book is the best advice a developer receives then it's no wonder). It begins to seem like an endless boring lecture where the speaker is droning on and on without really saying anything. I had read the first seventy pages before realising that I hadn't learned a single thing. He seems more interested in coining terms than conveying any actual information.
The only good thing I can say about my experience with this book is that while scanning through it seemed to have tidbits of useful information in between the mountains of filler. If I was looking for a good book on the subject I would skip this one and pick up one that gets more to the point.
It horrifies me to think that the author had already written another book on the same subject and then decided that he still had more to say.
Summary of About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You'll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper's Goal-Directed Design method, which involves everything from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. Ultimately, you'll acquire the knowledge to design the best possible digital products and services.Computer Science Books
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