Man Computer Interfaces/an Introduction to Software Design and Implementation (Computer Science Texts)

The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to the skills needed for both design and implementation of usable interfaces to computer systems. The emphasis is on text-based interfaces in order to reflect their preponderance in current systems. There is a very limited number of introductory texts in this area and Man-Computer Interfaces differs from them in its concentration on the implementation of commonly accepted criteria for good design rather than the underlying psychological/ergonomic principles which underpin them.