An authoritative text by one of the main researchers in usability engineering in the 1990s, Jakob Nielsen, Usability Engineering provides a landmark guide to designing software that has helped bring this area of research into the mainstream of computing. "Usability Engineering" is the formal study of usability. (Published just before the Internet revolution, the principles of this book still applies to Web designers, as well as those that make more traditional applications.) Throughout this text, the author argues for the benefits of improved software usability. The book also did a good job of integrating usability design in the software development process, with guidelines for planning, working with end users, and run tests with users (whether on videotape or people). This is a clear and intelligent guide to the science of usability engineering has helped increase the potential of computers to work with end users more efficiently Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Usability basis, measuring usability, user types, the history of the user interface, usability engineering lifecycle, design techniques, heuristics and guidelines to improve usability, test, test manage users, assessing usability, interface standards, internationalization, and Computer-Aid Usability Engineering (CAUSE) tools.