Hypertext Hands On: An Introduction to a New Way of Organizing and Accessing Information - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201151715 ISBN 13: 9780201151718

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1989

Synopsis

This innovative book and software package provide the first hands-on, non-technical introduction to hypertext. Hypertext is a new computer technology for manipulating information--in a grander sense, it is a new way of reading and writing. With the IBM PC diskettes provided in this package, you will learn about hypertext by experiencing it. You will discover what it is like to read interactively, to find information according to your own needs and interests. The book and software package cover the basic concepts of hypertext, typical applications, and currently available authoring systems.Table of Contents * Essential Concepts * Applications * System Design Issues * Implementation Issues * Authoring * Systems * Personalities * Possibilities * The End Is Just the Beginning * Appendix 0201151715B04062001

About this title

About the Author

About Ben Shneiderman

Ben Shneiderman is one of the world's leading authorities on User Interface Design. He is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, where he heads the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University's Center for Automation Research. He received his doctorate in computer science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Shneiderman's other works include Hypertext Hands-On!, coauthored with Greg Kearsley, an innovative book-software package that introduces readers to hypertext by having them use it, and Software Psychology, a book that helped lay the foundation for work on human factors in computing. He has also published numerous articles on human-computer interaction and is on the editorial board of six scientific journals. Dr. Shneiderman regularly organizes and presents live satellite TV broadcasts on User Interface Strategies.

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From the Back Cover

This innovative book and software package provide the first hands-on, non-technical introduction to hypertext. Hypertext is a new computer technology for manipulating information―in a grander sense, it is a new way of reading and writing.

With the IBM PC diskettes provided in this package, you will learn about hypertext by experiencing it. You will discover what it is like to read interactively, to find information according to your own needs and interests. The book and software package cover the basic concepts of hypertext, typical applications, and currently available authoring systems.

Table of Contents

1. Essential Concepts
2. Applications
3. System Design Issues
4. Implementation Issues
5. Authoring
6. Systems
7. Personalities
8. Possibilities
9. The End Is Just the Beginning
10. Appendix

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201151715
• ISBN 13: 9780201151718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192