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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: Product Documentation (reference)
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Date: 9 Sep 89 20:24:40 GMT
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In article <1888@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> rcw@scicom.UUCP (Robert White) writes:
>I can't find it right now, but there is a book with a title something
>like "The Design of Everday Things" containing excellent discussions 
>on the design (or lack thereof) of everything from hot/cold taps to
>computer software.

That's The Psychology of Everyday Things (POET) by Don Norman UCSD
(dnorman@ucsd.edu).  A moderately pleasant antecodotal book bashing
"form over functionality" [my words].  Would be nice if it went further.

Another gross generalization from

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