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User Interface Design Book for Electronic Devices?

Posted by Cliff on from the real-user-interface-design...not-GUIs dept.

ikeleib asks: "I'm in the process of developing a HVAC control system. The problem with most programmable thermostats and just about every other electronic devices is that they are hard to use. I've been trying to find a book on user interface design for electronic devices. All the books I've seen on interface design seem to focus on GUI's. Does anyone know of good books (or websites) on interface design for electronics? I'm talking about buttons and tiny screens, not web pages and dialog boxes. I've only been able to find one book (for $104)."

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  1. RJ-45 or bust by anon+mouse-cow-aard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wear tinfoil undies & yarmulka to protect from WiFi traffic. Everything should have ethernet and a web, or better yet, telnet cli interface. DB-9 and kermit are a close second choice. I wear tinfoil undies & yarmulka to protect from WiFi traffic.

    Seriously, my favourite interface would be an API that I can access from perl, and someone out there(tm) would surely create four GUIs for it. There is no way to squeeze a decent interface into these things, It should all be standardized and done remotely from a computer.

    The sooner home appliances adopt ethernet (say next to the power plug), the better. First on my list: sntp broadcast clients for TVs, VCRs, Microwaves, Ovens, and even (Ghasp!) alarm clocks.)