Monday, December 29, 2008

About Face 30 or Pokemon Pocket Pokedex

About Face 3.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design

Author: Alan Cooper

This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design method, which involves everything from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. Ultimately, you’ll acquire the knowledge to design the best possible digital products and services.



Table of Contents:
1. Goal-Directed Design.

2. Implementation Models and Mental Models.

3. Beginners, Experts, and Intermediates.

4. Understanding Users: Qualitative Research.

5. Modeling Users: Personas and Goals.

6. The Foundations of Design: Scenarios and Requirements.

7. From Requirements to Design: the Interaction Framework and Design Refinement.

8. Patterns and Principles.

9. Platform and Posture.

10. Orchestration and Flow.

11. Eliminating Excise.

12. Making Software Considerate and Smart.

13. Metaphors and Idioms.

14. Visual Interface Design.

15. Searching and Finding: Improving Data Retrieval.

16. Understanding Undo.

17. Rethinking Files and Save.

18. Improving Data Entry.

19. Selection, Direct Manipulation and Mouse Interactions.

20. Window Behaviors.

21. Controls.

22. Menus.

23. Toolbars and ToolTips.

24. Dialogs.

25. Errors, Alerts, and Confirmation.

26. Designing for Different Needs.

Afterword.

Appendix A. Design Principles.

Appendix B. Bibliography.

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Pokemon Pocket Pokedex

Author: Prima Temp Authors

Gotta Catch 'Em All? Gotta Have This Guide!

Complete listings of over 380 Pokémon!

·Where to catch 'em in all the latest Pokémon titles, from Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire through Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen

·The best ways to catch, breed, evolve, and trade your Pokémon

·Complete Pokémon Move Compatability table to make sure you match up opponents correctly



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