Will Sargent reviewed About face 3 by Cooper, Alan
Review of 'About Face 3' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
I am a bit conflicted on this book. On one hand, it is thorough and well composed, giving an overview of almost every common UI widget out there.
On the other hand, it describes UI widgets. And a UI widget does not make a UX, no matter how beautifully it is laid out.
And as someone who has used and suffered through bad UI, I don't think I'm learning anything from tips like "don't overuse dialog boxes." It is pretty obvious why. The detailed breakdown of drag and drop and mouse / keyboard interaction was interesting because it broke from visual confusion to tactile (haptic?) confusion, but I still didn't get any epiphanies from it.
Still. Excellent book for what it is.