Beyond the Desktop: Designing and Using Interaction Devices

by Christopher Baber

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This text examines input devices and describes user performance with a range of devices and approaches. The final part of this book considers the challenges to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) including changes in operating domain, issues of work related injury, the interaction between computing and work, and multimodal HCI. The text aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in the design and use of interaction devices, and the benefits to be gained from developing a new generation of user-centred devices which allow computers to move beyond the desktop.
  • ISBN10 0120695502
  • ISBN13 9780120695508
  • Publish Date 1 January 1997 (first published January 1996)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 20 November 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
  • Imprint Academic Press Inc
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 350
  • Language English