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Subject:Amazon Computer Graphics Book Reviews From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 1 Sep 1997 07:39:29 -0600
These both seem appropriate, in the context
of the recent discussions of GUI design and graphical
communication.
To get on the list for these, visit www.amazon.com.
Eric
>The principal titles reviewed in this Expert Editors
>message include:
>
>"Designing Infographics"
>by Eric K. Meyer
>Publisher: Hayden Books
>
>and
>
>"GUI Design Essentials"
>by Susan Weinschenk, Pamela Jamar, and Sarah C. Yeo
>Publisher: John Wiley
>
>You can find these books and more at
>http://www.amazon.com/computer-graphics
>
> ******
>
>This e-mail looks at two good books that help designers
>with two of the most challenging tasks that they're
>likely to face: creating infographics and designing
>software interfaces.
>
>Infographics convey important information more clearly
>and efficiently than any amount of text usually
>can. "Designing Infographics" demystifies the process of
>creating meaningful charts, tables, graphs, maps,
>diagrams, and sequences that successfully sum up,
>clarify, and visualize data. The author, Eric K. Meyer,
>teaches you to think visually and to consider how vivid
>the graphic should be, how to organize your data in the
>graphic, and what sort of data metaphor to use. He
>points out that you can distort information
>inadvertently (or not) and tells you how to avoid doing
>so. He also suggests when to use certain types of
>graphics and suggests that you keep charts as clean and
>neatly organized as possible if the readers have a
>large stake in the information being presented. Meyer
>surveys the major Windows and Macintosh drawing
>programs on the market, including Adobe Illustrator and
>Macromedia FreeHand, covers a number of practical
>examples for print and the Web, and even touches on
>copyright issues.
>
>Interface design is one of those mysterious disciplines
>that combines science and art. All developers and
>designers want to create software that's streamlined,
>elegant, and easy for users to understand, but it's a
>goal that's a lot easier to define than meet. If you're
>struggling with UI design issues, GUI Design Essentials
>delivers some valuable guidance. The authors provide
>tip after tip of advice on design, usability testing,
>and project planning, and they deconstruct the elements
>of Windows software and Web sites, pointing out correct
>usage of menus, buttons, graphics, and other
>navigational and ornamental elements.
>
>
>--Kathleen Caster, a Seattle-based writer, is the
>former software reviews editor for Windows Sources
>magazine.
>
>You'll find Kathleen's favorite computer graphics books
>on the shelves of Amazon.com
>http://www.amazon.com/computer-graphics
>
>Visit our Computer and Internet Super Room at
>http://www.amazon.com/computers for more great books,
>articles, and interviews.
>...
>Copyright 1997 Amazon.com, Inc. All rights reserved.
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