Michael J. Albers
Auteur van Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication
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- Michael Albers is an associate professor at East Carolina University, where he teaches in the professional writing program. In 1999, he completed his PhD in technical communication and rhetoric from Texas Tech University. Before coming to ECU, he taught for 8 years at the University of Memphis. Before earning his PhD, he worked for 10 years as a technical communicator, writing software documentation and performing interface design. His research interests include designing documentation focused on answering real-world questions and online presentation of complex information. http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/engl/profiles/albers.cfm
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Communication of Complex Information: User Goals and… door Michael J. Albers
You might call this "Tufte for the Web." Albers' subject is the clarity of point-and-click user interfaces. He describes it as specifically for the web, but it's somewhat broader than that: any forms-and-buttons, clicks-and-text UI has much the same issues and needs. Conversely, the book is just barely beginning to be dated, as it does not discuss the explosion of new interface idioms like pinch and touch. But the principles he intends to teach remain completely applicable and important: the purpose of the UI is to solve the user's problems, meet the user's needs. His discussions lead you to clearer thinking about how to empower the user, not just display your data.… (meer)
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