The Art of interactive design : a euphonious and illuminating guide to building successful software / Chris Crawford.

An understanding of what makes things interactive is key to the successful creation of websites, computer games, and software. In The Art of Interactive Design, Chris Crawford explains what interactivity is, how it works, why it's important, and how to design good software and websites that are...

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Main Author: Crawford, Chris, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : No Starch Press, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; What Exactly Is Interactivity?; Why Bother With Interactivity?; Speaking; Thinking; Listening; The Interactive Loop; Architectures; Guidelines; Bloopers; Clock Setting; The Design Process; Advice For Specific Fields; Dedicated Devices; Why Learn Programming?; Soft Math; Process Intensity; Linkmeshes; Play; Abstraction; Indirection; Linguistics; Metaphor; Anticipation; A History Of Interactivity; Control Versus Interactivity; The Two-cultures Problem; Interactive Storytelling; Subjunctivity; Futures; Index