Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Essentials of designing interactive systems -- Designing interactive systems : a fusion of skills -- PACT : a framework for designing interactive systems -- The process of human-centred interactive systems design -- Usability -- Experience design -- The home information centre (HIC) : a case study in designing interactive systems -- Part II. Techniques for designing interactive systems -- Understanding -- Envisionment -- Design -- Evaluation -- Task analysis -- Visual interface design -- Multimodal interface design -- Part III. Contexts for designing interactive systems -- Designing websites -- Social media -- Collaborative environments -- Agents and avatars -- Ubiquitous computing -- Mobile computing -- Wearable computing -- Part IV. Foundations of designing interactive systems -- Memory and attention -- Affect -- Cognition and action -- Social interaction -- Perception and navigation.

The authors in this work focus on and explore human computer interaction (HCI) by bringing together the best practice and experience from HCI and interaction design.

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