| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 265 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in computing and culture
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Studies in computing and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. The Politics of User-Friendliness -- 1 On the Origins of User-Friendliness -- 2 The Sources of the Personal Computer Revolution -- 3 Appliance Computing: The Revolution Comes Home -- 4 IBM, Apple, and a Computer Literacy Crisis -- 5 The Human Factor -- Coda. Imagining an Unfriendly Future. |
| Summary |
"The author traces the emergence in the late 1970s and early 1980s of the belief that personal computers should be easy to use. He asks readers to consider the consequences of a computational culture grounded in the assumption that the average person does not need to know much, if anything, about the internal operations of the computers we have come to depend on"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
User interfaces (Computer systems) -- History -- 20th century.
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User interfaces (Computer systems) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Computer software -- Human factors -- History -- 20th century.
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Computer software -- Human factors. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781421443546 |
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Print version: 9781421443539 1421443538 (DLC) 2021022699 (OCoLC)1260819797 |
| ISBN |
9781421443546 (electronic book) |
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1421443546 (electronic book) |
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9781421443539 |
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1421443538 |
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