| Using sound to help the message |
Audio examples (in MP3 format) to illustrate how improvements to a soundtrack affect the impact. |
| Offline main menus and their impact |
Using an example graphic from the book, we can discuss some of the issues involved in designing a menu for an application. |
| Readability of text on screen |
Some examples of how font size, colour and text layout affect readability. |
| Simple web design |
While we wouldn't want to stop you searching out further reading on design of web pages, some of the basics are discussed in this anaysis of one of the authors' sites. |
| Changing your windscreen wiper |
In the book we discuss the example of changing a wiper blade on a car using printed instructions. The instruction leaflet can be augmented, as shown here, with sound and animation. (Uses MP3 and QuickTime.) |
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Foley JD, van Dam A, Feiner SK and Hughes JF
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Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
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Gagné RM, Briggs LJ and Wagner WW
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Jonassen DH, ed
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Book 1 Chapter 7 - Selecting the media and techniques: the treatment