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The best interface is no interface : the simple path to brilliant technology /

By: Krishna, Golden [author.].
Publisher: [Berkeley, California] : New Riders, 2015Description: 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780133890334; 9780133890334:; 0133890333.Subject(s): Computer interfaces | Technology -- Social aspects | Technological innovations | Technology | Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems) | User-Computer InterfaceDDC classification: 303.483
Contents:
Foreword / Ellis Hamburger -- Introduction : why did you buy this book? -- Screen-based thinking : let's make an app! -- Slap an interface on it! : Slimmer TVs! Faster computers! And an overlooked epidemic of awful -- UX [does not equal] UI : I make interfaces because that's my job, bro -- Addiction UX : click here to cut down your belly fat by using this one weird tip -- Distraction : "Will you marry me?" "Sorry, I was sending Alice a text. What'd you say?" -- Screen insomnia : I love staring into a lightbulb! Me too! -- The screenless office : the best interface is no interface -- Back pocket apps : this app goes perfectly with my skinny jeans -- Lazy rectangles : that's a great wireframe. We nailed it. We're going to make a billion dollars -- Computer tantrums : your password must be at least 18,770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30,689 passwords -- Machine input : I saved your life, and I didn't even need a password -- Analog and digital chores : I know, I suck at life -- Change : You hate this book? Thank you -- Privacy : the machine will "learn" about me? No thanks -- Automatic : automatic solutions are terrible. Look at Clippy! -- Failure : what happens when it all falls apart? -- Exceptions : less is sometimes more -- The future : wow, this is boring.
Summary: Our love for the digital interface is out of control. Expanded from one of the most shared design essays ever written, and one of the most popular talks at innovation conferences around the world, this entertaining and visionary book offers a compelling new way to see the future of technology.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 303.483 KRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0062735
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Includes appendix, bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.

Foreword / Ellis Hamburger -- Introduction : why did you buy this book? -- Screen-based thinking : let's make an app! -- Slap an interface on it! : Slimmer TVs! Faster computers! And an overlooked epidemic of awful -- UX [does not equal] UI : I make interfaces because that's my job, bro -- Addiction UX : click here to cut down your belly fat by using this one weird tip -- Distraction : "Will you marry me?" "Sorry, I was sending Alice a text. What'd you say?" -- Screen insomnia : I love staring into a lightbulb! Me too! -- The screenless office : the best interface is no interface -- Back pocket apps : this app goes perfectly with my skinny jeans -- Lazy rectangles : that's a great wireframe. We nailed it. We're going to make a billion dollars -- Computer tantrums : your password must be at least 18,770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30,689 passwords -- Machine input : I saved your life, and I didn't even need a password -- Analog and digital chores : I know, I suck at life -- Change : You hate this book? Thank you -- Privacy : the machine will "learn" about me? No thanks -- Automatic : automatic solutions are terrible. Look at Clippy! -- Failure : what happens when it all falls apart? -- Exceptions : less is sometimes more -- The future : wow, this is boring.

Our love for the digital interface is out of control. Expanded from one of the most shared design essays ever written, and one of the most popular talks at innovation conferences around the world, this entertaining and visionary book offers a compelling new way to see the future of technology.

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