00000cmm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611115703 Buklod 20140211132000.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 110323s2011 xxk u | eng d 9780857293046 (eBook) 0857293044 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00212405644 DLC DML eng DMLUC QA 76.9 H85 G56 2011eb Global usability [electronic resource] Ian Douglas, Zhengjie Liu (Editors). London Springer c2011. 1 online resource (x, 354 p.) IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. The concept of usability has become an increasingly important consideration in the design of all kinds of technology. As more products are aimed at global markets and developed through internationally distributed teams, usability design needs to be addressed in global terms. Interest in usability as a design issue and specialist area of research and education has developed steadily in North America and Europe since the 1980?s. However, it is only over the last ten years that it has emerged as a global concern. Global Usability provides an introduction to the important issues in globalizing design and an insight into the development of usability expertise around the world. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the general issues in cross-cultural design and the methods for conducting usability design and evaluation across geographical boundaries. The second section describes the state of usability development in fifteen countries. The descriptions include a history and review of activities and include some unique perspectives that have developed in relation to usability work. Researchers and practitioners from a variety of design-related disciplines will find the book a useful guide for understanding the issues and an excellent reference source for working in any of the countries covered. Electronic reproduction. New York:SpringerLink 2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. User-centered system design. Human-computer interaction. Electronic books. Douglas, Ian. Liu, Zhengjie. SpringerLink (Online service). Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-85729-304-6 (viewed 22 August 2014) FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource