Visualization of Interface Metaphor

for Software
An Engineering Approach

by Dinesh S. Katre
Abstract
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This book presents a comprehensive Visualization of Interface Metaphor for Software:
process for visualization of interface An Engineering Approach
metaphor for software. It is helpful in de- by Dinesh S. Katre
signing interactive user interfaces with
magical super-affordances and defini- ISBN: 1-59942-377-4; paperback; 221 pages, US $25.95
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Indian Vedic literature, metaphors are al- Credit cards accepted on-line at internet address above.
ways conceived out of Vastu (entities
having existence in our world). The vi- Qty Description Price Total
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