Designing Usable Electronic Text: Ergonomic Aspects of Human Information Usage (Book Review)

Abstract

1. The reading process and electronic text -- 2. Electronic documents as usable artefacts -- 3. So what do we know? -- 4. Describing the reading process at an appropriate level -- 5. Classifying information into types: the context of use -- 6. Capturing process data on reading -- 7. Information as a structured space -- 8. A framework for the design of electronic texts -- 9. Assessing the frameworks in terms of validity and utility -- 10. Designing usable electronic text: conclusions and prospects -- Appendix: Example protocol for reader.