Interactivity by Design

This is the first title of an exciting new series from Adobe Press. The book explores how to use Interactivity, one of the hottest topics in the computer design industry. It highlights professional quality, 4-color groundbreaking design techniques, and features Interactivity as a design application in multimedia, CD-ROM, On-line and other applications.

What is interactivity?

1

(2)

Introduction

2

(4)

Part One: Information Design

6

(28)

Product definition

10

(4)

Audience and environment

14

(2)

What do users want?

16

(2)

Development choices

18

(4)

Raw materials

22

(2)

Planning

24

(2)

Organization

26

(6)

The flowchart

32

(2)

Part Two: Interaction Design

34

(28)

Orientation

38

(2)

Image maps and metaphors

40

(2)

Navigation

42

(6)

Usability

48

(4)

Functionality

52

(6)

The storyboard

58

(4)

Part Three: Presentation Design

62

(60)

Digital media survival kit

66

(2)

Resolution

68

(2)

Anti-aliasing

70

(2)

Color and palettes

72

(4)

Compression is your friend

76

(2)

Laws of survival

78

(2)

Setting the style

80

(2)

How content defines style

82

(2)

Stylistic unity

84

(2)

Interface families

86

(2)

Layout

88

(2)

Layout conventions

90

(2)

Grids

92

(2)

Interface families

94

(2)

Backgrounds

96

(2)

Windows and panels

98

(2)

Buttons and other controls

100

(4)

Images

104

(2)

Text

106

(4)

Video

110

(2)

Sound

112

(2)

Animating the screen

114

(2)

Putting it all together

116

(2)

The prototype

118

(3)

Conclusion

121

(1)

Resource guide

122

(4)

Credits

126

(4)

Index

130

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