Interactive design for the World Wide Web

259 Pages·2001·6.004 MB·English

by  Iuppa, Nicholas V

Interactive Design for New
Media and the Web
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Interactive Design for New
Media and the Web
Nicholas Iuppa
First published 2001
This edition published 2013
by Focal Press
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Simultaneously published in the UK
by Focal Press
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Copyright © 2001 by Taylor & Francis.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Iuppa, Nicholas V.
Interactive design for new media and the Web / Nicholas Iuppa.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Designing interactive digital media. c1998.
Includes index.
ISBN 13: 978-0-240-80414-9 (pbk)
1. Interactive multimedia. 2. World Wide Web. I. Title.
QA76.76.I59 I97 2001
006.7—dc21
2001019996
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Acatalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
To
Dick Lindheim and Steve Goldman
...for helping me keep the faith.
Computers are useless. All they can give you is answers.
—Pablo Picasso
Contents
PART I: BACKGROUND 1
1 Interactivity? 3
2 AShort History of Interactivity 9
3 The Internet 21
4 Distance Learning 29
5 Interactive Games 35
6 Interactive Experiences 43
PART II: CREATING INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS 49
7 The Process 51
8 Interactive Design 59
9 Human Interface Design 67
10 Flowcharts and Site Maps 77
11 Prototyping 89
12 The Technology of the Web 105
PART III: INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION 117
13 Basic Structure 119
14 Exercise Design 129
15 Compendium of Distance Learning Exercises 149
16 Test Construction and Evaluation 159
PART IV: INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT 169
17 Basic Structure 171
18 The Adventure! 177
19 Comics on the Internet 193
20 Game Shows 199
PART V: INFORMATION, E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS, AND BEYOND 207
21 Corporate and Informational Web Sites 209
22 e-Commerce Systems 223
23 Where Is It All Going? 237
Index 243
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