Tog on Interface

Want to write a brilliant applicatioin? Then think and process information the way your user will think and process, and design your application for them, not you! Easy concept to say and comprehend, but rather hard to actually do. Tog, through examples and descriptions, tells us how people think and process information. The not-so-surprising thing is that most code slingers think in conceptual ways that are not so common... Read Full Review

I am a big fan of AskTog, so I bought this book. Some of the information is a bit dated (and relates specifically to the old Macintosh), but much of it is sound design principles expressed informally (and in a readable way).The presentation of the material is great. Even flipping quickly through the pages should turn up useful nuggets. If you have an interest in design evolution, this is a good read. If you want some good... Read Full Review

You'll get some good laughs, as you follow Tog through the complexities of designing some of the earliest, and still the best, interfaces out there...he was, as I recall, the Interface Czar at Apple when they were creating the Mac, then worked at Sun, and now is part of the Nielsen Norman Group. The book's good background for his site, AskTog.com. You'll get the basics, without the sour looks of some other interface gurus,... Read Full Review

This is mostly a collection of Tognazzini's engagingly-written Macintosh software developer newsletter columns. Tog draws from greatly varying sources -- among them information theory, Jungian psychology, and Apple's extensive user testing -- and presents a deep, broad view of interface design as an unending process. The book is as Mac-centric as Alan Cooper's "About Face" is Windows-centric, but like Cooper, Tog isn't beyond... Read Full Review

TOG on Interface is a good overview of the evolution of Human-Computer Interface design from the perspective of Apple products. The book is a collection of articles that Tognazzini wrote for an Apple developer's magazine. While reading, I had that feeling that coworkers at Apple talked Tognazzini into writing a column to try to keep him busy and out of the hallways evangelizing. Fortunately, he committed his thoughts to... Read Full Review