Fundamentals of Designing User Interaction

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Getting Started
What's New?
The Importance of a Well-Designed Interface
The Need for Improving Simplicity
Key Areas for Improvement
Checklist for a Good Interface

Design Principles and Methodology
User-Centered Design Priciples
Design Methodology
Understanding Users
Design Tradeoffs

Basic Concepts
Data-Centered Design
Objects as Metaphor
Putting Theory into Practice

The Windows Environment
The Desktop
The Taskbar
Icons
Windows

Input Basics
Mouse Input
Keyboard Input

General Interaction Techniques
Navigation
Selection
Common Conventions for Supporting Operations
Editing Operations
Transfer Operations
Creation Operations