"The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems" is a book written by Jef Raskin, an American human-computer interaction expert. The book explores Raskin's vision for designing user interfaces that are more intuitive, efficient, and user-friendly.
Key aspects:
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User-Centered Design: Prioritize the needs, goals, and mental models of the users. Understanding user behavior and cognitive processes is crucial for creating interfaces.
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Direct Manipulation: Ensure users can interact with objects and actions in a natural and intuitive way, because this reduces the cognitive load and improves user engagement.
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Modeless Interfaces: Use modeless interfaces, where the system's behavior is consistent across contexts, because mode-switching causes confusion and errors.
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Simplification: Simplify complex tasks and interactions to make them more manageable for users. Reducing unnecessary steps. Automate repetitive actions.
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Information Retrieval: Emphasis useful search algorithms, browsing interfaces, and information hierarchies.
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Error Prevention and Recovery: Designing systems that minimize the likelihood of errors, provide clear feedback, and offer intuitive recovery mechanisms.