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From: klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Human interface references
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Date: 18 May 89 00:04:00 GMT
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Computer human factors is well established discipline and there is, literally,
tons of published material.  The bottom line is that a good user interface
really depends on the application's functionality and the user's skill and
tasks.  A good user interface can only be achieved through a detailed analysis of these, combined with some engineering based on "proven" methods and tools.

Some good introductory books (in no particular order) to get you started:

Norman & Draper, *User Centered System Design*, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1986.
Schneiderman, *Designing the User Interface*, Addison-Wesley, 1987.
Baeker & Buxton, *Readings in Human-Computer Interaction*, Morgan Kaufmann, 1987.
Card, Moran & Newell, *The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction*, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1983.
Heckel, *Elements of Friendly Software Design*, Warner, 1984.
recent issues of *International Journal of Man-Machine Studies*
recent proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI conference

Good luck!

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
klee@decwrl.dec.com