Books like Usability by Kelly Braun

Steve Krug’s practical guide distills usability expertise into clear principles for creating intuitive, user-friendly web sites that keep visitors coming back.

Ben Shneiderman’s comprehensive text presents proven principles and practical techniques for designing user interfaces that are comprehensible, predictable, and user‑friendly, enhancing learning, performance, and satisfaction.

Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective is the definitive guide to empirical research in HCI. The book begins with foundational topics including historical context, the human factor, interaction elements, and the fundamentals of science and research. From there, you'll progress to learning about the methods for conducting an experiment to evaluate a new computer interface or interaction technique. There are detailed discussions and how-to analyses on models of interaction, focusing on descriptive models and predictive models. Writing and publishing a research paper is explored with helpful tips for success. Throughout the book, you'll find hands-on exercises, checklists, and real-world examples. This is your must-have, comprehensive guide to empirical and experimental research in HCI -- an essential addition to your HCI library. Master empirical and experimental research with this comprehensive, A-to-Z guide in a concise, hands-on reference. Discover the practical and theoretical ins-and-outs of user studies. Find exercises, takeaway points, and case studies throughout. - Publisher.

An accessible guide to the intricacies of interactive web design, outlining user experience processes, methods, and terminology for readers without a design background.

This is the eBook version of the printed book.Explore the new design discipline that is behind such products as the iPod and innovative Web sites like Flicer. While other books on this subject are either aimed at more seasoned practitioners or else are too focused on a particular medium like software, this guide will take a more holistic approach to the discipline, looking at interaction design for the Web, software, and devices. It is the only interaction design book that is coming from a designers point of view rather than that of an engineer. This much-needed guide is more than just a how-to manual. It covers interaction design fundamentals, approaches to designing, design research, and more, and spans all mediums—Internet, software, and devices. Even robots! Filled with tips, real-world projects, and interviews, you'll get a solid grounding in everything you need to successfully tackle interaction design.