Programming as if People Mattered : : Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions /

Programming as if People Mattered : : Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions / / Nathaniel S. Borenstein.

Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of people in both camps.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest...

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Borenstein, Nathaniel S.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 177
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Part One. The Journey to the East: Can Software Engineers Build User Interfaces? --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 1. The Hostile Beast --   |t Part Two. The Dark Night of the Soul: The State of the Art in User-Interface Design --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 2. Who Are AU These People? --   |t Chapter 3. Stopwatches, Videotapes, and Human Nature --   |t Chapter 4. That Reminds Me of the Time... --   |t Chapter 5. The Quest for the Perfect Line Editor --   |t Chapter 6. The Men in Suits --   |t Chapter 7. Information Wants to Be Free --   |t Part Three. The Ten Commandments: Principles for User-Interface Design --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 8. Never Underestimate Your Users --   |t Chapter 9. Pretend That Small Is Beautiful, but Don't Believe It --   |t Chapter 10. Tune Defaults to the Novice --   |t Chapter 11. Don't Neglect the Experts --   |t Chapter 12. Your Program Stinks, and So Do You --   |t Chapter 13. Listen to Your Users, but Ignore What They Say --   |t Chapter 14. Lie to Your Managers --   |t Chapter 15. Cut Corners Proudly --   |t Chapter 16. Remember Your Ignorance --   |t Chapter 17. Dabble in Mysticism --   |t Chapter 18. Break All the Rules --   |t Part Four. The Golden Path: The Road to Human-Oriented Software Engineering --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 19. The Tools of the Trade --   |t Chapter 20. The Ivory Tower --   |t Chapter 21. People Are Perverse: Designing for the Fickle User --   |t Epilogue: Programming, Humility, and the Eclipse of the Self --   |t Further Reading --   |t References 
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