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The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

by JesseJamesGarrett (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won't help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it.

But creating the user experience can seem overwhelmingly complex. With so many issues involved-usability, brand identity, information architecture, interaction design-it can seem as if the only way to build a successful site is to spend a fortune on specialists who understand all the details.

The Elements of User Experience cuts through the complexity of user-centered design for the Web with clear explanations and vivid illustrations that focus on ideas rather than tools or techniques. Jesse James Garrett gives readers the big picture of Web user experience development, from strategy and requirements to information architecture and visual design. This accessible introduction helps any Web development team, large or small, to create a successful user experience.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: New Riders
Published: 11 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 0735712026
ISBN 13: 9780735712027
Book Overview:

The field of user experience bridges the gap between business strategy and web page design through the use of a variety of analytical tools to understand and meet user needs. By emphasizing the relationship between strategic considerations and design directions, this book serves as the conceptual framework within which readers will make decisions about the user experience of their own web projects. Based on Garrett's original Elements of User Experience diagram, the book walks readers through the five planes of the diagram, explaining each area of concern, how it relates to other areas, common methods and approaches for addressing each area, and resources for more information. And because the book's approach is expressly non-technical (but not dumbed-down)- designed as a primer rather than an encyclopedia-it will be accessible and appealing to a broader readership than most web design books.


Author Bio

Jesse James Garrett is one of the founders of Adaptive Path, a user experience consultancy based in San Francisco. Since it was first released in March 2000, his Elements of User Experience model has been downloaded more than 20,000 times. Jesse's Web experience includes projects for companies such as AT&T, Intel, Boeing, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, and National Public Radio. His other contributions to the field of user experience include the Visual Vocabulary, an open notation system for information architecture documentation that is now used by organizations around the world. His personal site at www.jjg.net is one of the Web's most popular destinations for information architecture resources.