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Summary: A Jewel of a Design Book
Review: The design of this book is as educational and stimulating as its excellent content. The writing is crisp, clear, and to the point; supporting graphics inform as much as the words do. Over all is a wonderfully coherent, logical flow of information and examples about the process of multimedia design from inception to conclusion and a stunning, interactive page layout that practices superbly what the book preaches. Not only do I use it in my teaching, but I sometimes pick it up and peruse it for the sheer pleasure of its artistry.
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Summary: Great resource!
Review: This book provides valuable information about the interactive authoring process that is independant of specific authoring tools. The content is presented in a logical manner that is relevant and easy to follow. I recommend this book to all of my students!
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Summary: Sill holds up.
Review: This is nicely organized, introduces important concepts and explains them in plain english. I used it as a textbook for a multimedia class and it was well received. You will not find fancy tricks and designs, but you will get a good overview of multimedia, interface design and project management. It is 'outdated' so it is not suitable for experts but its information is excellent for an intro class, especially for people with little graphics experience.
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Summary: A great book for teaching
Review: This is nicely organized, introduces important concepts and explains them in plain english. I used it as a textbook for a multimedia class and it was well received. You will not find fancy tricks and designs, but you will get a good overview of multimedia, interface design and project management. It is 'outdated' so it is not suitable for experts but its information is excellent for an intro class, especially for people with little graphics experience.
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Summary: Not about interactivity
Review: This is one of the few books that I actively detest. It purports to be about interactivity but in fact the book does not address interactivity in any meaningful fashion. To demonstrate just how bad this book is, I need merely quote the very first sentence of the very first chapter ("What is interactivity?): "By definition, the things people do on computers have always been interactive." This is the closest the book comes to defining interactivity. It is also the most inane statement about interactivity I have ever seen.
I suppose that a reasonable case could be made that the book is a good source on graphic design for web pages. If it had no pretensions to discuss interactivity, it might not have earned my ire.
This book did have one worthy result: it made me so angry with its blithe disregard for interactivity that I was inspired to write my own book about interactivity! And I used the aforementioned quote in my first chapter as a demonstration of how desperately needed a decent book on interactivity is. So there.
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Summary: DESIGN is the key to good multimedia - and this book says it
Review: We use this book as a Bible of sorts. Every idea has a meaning and bearing on the mind of your potential audience for any multimedia project. One of the very few books that deals with DESIGN process in Multimedia development. And good design is the key for any multimedia to work. Interface designing itself is an art after all!
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