About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin · Alan Cooper
The third edition of Cooper's reference on goal-directed interaction design, covering user research, personas, scenarios, and detailed guidance on windows, controls, menus, and dialogs. Readers learn to derive interface behaviour from user goals rather than implementation models.
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