The role of metaphor in user interface design

The thesis discusses the question of how unfamiliar computing systems, particularly those with graphical user interfaces, are learned and used. In particular, the approach of basing the design and behaviour of on-screen objects in the system's model world on a coherent theme and employing a met...

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Main Author: Treglown, Mark
Published: Open University 2002
Subjects:
005
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270030