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Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices
By Dan Saffer
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: July 18, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-43206-1
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-43206-3
Pages: 256

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Introduction
			Notes on Nomenclature
		Chapter 1.  What Is Interaction Design?
			What Are Interactions and Interaction Design?
			Why Interaction Design?
			A (Very) Brief History of Interaction Design
			A Stew of Acronyms
			Why Practice Interaction Design?
		Chapter 2.  Starting Points
			The Problem with Problems
			Defining the Project
			Four Approaches to Interaction Design
			User-Centered Design
			Activity-Centered Design
			Systems Design
			Genius Design
			Summary
		Chapter 3.  Interaction Design Basics
			The Elements of Interaction Design
			The Laws of Interaction Design
			Characteristics of Good Interaction Design
			Summary
		Chapter 4.  Design Research and Brainstorming
			What Is Design Research?
			Conducting Design Research
			Research Methods
			Design Implications
			Brainstorming: "And Then a Miracle Occurs..."
			Summary
		Chapter 5.  The Craft of Interaction Design
			The Tools of the Trade
			Research Models
			Personas
			Scenarios
			Sketches and Models
			Storyboards
			Task Analyses
			Task Flows
			Use Cases
			Mood Boards
			Wireframes
			Prototypes: Paper, Interactive, and Physical
			Testing
			Summary
		Chapter 6.  Interface Design Basics
			The Elements of Visual Interface Design
			Controls and Widgets
			Icons
			Sound
			Standards
			Interfaces Without Faces
			Summary
		Chapter 7.  Smart Applications and Clever Devices
			Designing for Multitasking
			Designing for Connection
			Ambient Devices
			Summary
		Chapter 8.  Service Design
			What Is a Service?
			Why Design Services?
			Services and Branding
			The Differences Between Services and Products
			@ the Center of Digital Services
			Summary
		Chapter 9.  The Future of Interaction Design
			The Next 10 Years of the Internet
			Intelligent Agents
			Spimes and the Internet of Things
			Transmedia Interactions
			Human-Robot Interactions
			Wearables
			Ubiquitous Computing
			Digital Tools for Making Digital Tools
			Summary
		Epilogue: Designing for Good
			Ethics in Design
			Deliberate Choices
		Colophon
		Index