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Metaphor design in user interfaces
Aaron Marcus
- Vol. 22, Iss: 2, pp 43-57
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By controlling the user's expectation of familiar structures and processes and surprise at novel approaches, the user-interface designer can achieve compelling forms that enable the user to be more productive.Abstract:
Successful user interfaces consist of partially general and partially unique solutions to the design of metaphors, the fundamental concepts communicated through words and images, as well as through sound and interaction. By controlling the user's expectation of familiar structures and processes and surprise at novel approaches, the user-interface designer can achieve compelling forms that enable the user to be more productive.read more
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Global and intercultural user-interface design
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The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design
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Cross-cultural influence on communication effectiveness and user interface design
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Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff,Mark Johnson +1 more
TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as mentioned in this paper suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning, and they offer an intriguing and surprising guide to some of the most common metaphors and what they can tell us about the human mind.
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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Marc H. Bornstein,Howard Gardner +1 more
TL;DR: The ten-year edition of the 10th anniversary edition as mentioned in this paper is devoted to the theory of multiple intelligences and its application in the socialization of human intelligence through Symbols Implications And Applications.
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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
TL;DR: Lapham as discussed by the authors re-evaluated McLuhan's work in the light of the technological as well as the political and social changes that have occurred in the last part of this century.
Image of the city
Abstract: What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
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Metaphors We Live by
TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as discussed by the authors present a very attractive book for linguists to read, which is written in a direct and accessible style; while it introduces and uses a number of new terms, for the most part it is free of jargon.