Highly useable software is easy to use. It does what you expect it to. And it does it well.It's not easy to build but as this book demonstrates, it's well worth... » 

Highly useable software is easy to use. It does what you expect it to. And it does it well.It's not easy to build but as this book demonstrates, it's well worth the effort. Highly useable software is highly successful software--and everyone wins.Inside, an accomplished programmer who has made usability his business systematically explores the world of programming, showing you how every aspect of the work is implicated in the usability of the final product. This is not just an issues book, however, but systematic, real-world instructions for developing applications that are better in every way. As you'll learn, there's no such thing as intuitive software. Instead, there are just the factors that make it highly useable: simplicity, consistency, the recognition of accepted conventions, and the foregrounding of the user's perspective. With these principles under your belt, you'll quickly discover dozens of ways to make your applications more useable. «