Introduction to this special section on beauty, goodness, and usability

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Norman, Donald A ^a,b  

^a Nielsen Norman Group   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT DISK PLAYERS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ALARM CLOCK; HEDONIC IDENTIFICATION; MUSIC PLAYER; VIRTUAL CONTROL SYSTEM;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 13644251951     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci1904_1     Document Type: Editorial

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