Anmerkungen:
Formerly CIP
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
The empire of user-friendliness -- Part I: Easy to use. Confusion -- Industry -- Error -- Trust -- Metaphor -- Part II: Easy to want. Empathy -- Humanity -- Personalization -- Peril -- Promise -- Seeing the world through user-friendly eyes -- Appendix: A brief history of "user friendly".
"It feels like magic when new gadgets intuit our needs before we realise them ourselves. But how have designers throughout history created products and machines that anticipate our every move, feel, and want? In 'User Friendly,' Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant unmask the story of the paradigm that quietly rules our lives, decoding the obscure and fascinating journey of the user experience. This book maps the hidden history of the designed world to provide a thoughtful and practical perspective on a central--and rarely understood--aspect of the modern world. Spanning over a century of sweeping changes, from women's rights to the Great Depression to the World War II to the rise of the digital era, 'User Friendly' tells the definitive story of how design has made us who we are. From your washing machine to your smartphone, you will never interact with technology the same way again"--