Ronald E. Rice
Preece's book is especially important in three ways. First, it focuses on
the important and pervasive growth of Internet communities. Second, it
presents a comprehensive user-oriented approach for designing online
communities. Third, it applies a variety of methods to test and analyze her
ideas.
—Ronald E. Rice, Rutgers University
John M. Carroll
......a great contribution.....The Internet is, after all, the center of
virtual culture; everyone now needs to know about it.
—John M. Carroll,
Virginia Tech
Howard Rheingold
Anyone interested in growing virtual communities would benefit from this
well-researched and well-thought-out exposition of the human interface and
social issues underlying virtual community design. Jenny Preece provides an
important perspective on social cyberspace that has not been available before
the social infrastructure provided by thoughtful user interface
design.
—Howard Rheingold, Author of The Virtual Community
From the Publisher
Anyone interested in growing virtual communities would benefit from this well-researched and well-thought-out exposition of the human interface and social issues underlying virtual community design. Jenny Preece provides an important perspective on social cyberspace that has not been available before. The social infrastructure provided by thoughtful user interface design.—Howard Rheingold, Author of The Virtual Community
.....a great contribution.....The Internet is, after all, the center of virtual culture; everyone now needs to know about it.—John M. Carroll, Virginia Tech
Preece's book is especially important in three ways. First, it focuses on the important and pervasive growth of Internet communities. Second, it presents a comprehensive user-oriented approach for designing online communities. Third, it applies a variety of methods to test and analyze her ideas.—Ronald E. Rice, Rutgers University
This is the first book that I am aware of that really focuses on the issues of usability and software design of online communities... an excellent organization and mix of topics to address this increasing important area of research and development.—Jean Gasen, Capital One Services Inc.
Who should read this book? Clearly, developers of next-generation virtual community tools, services and applications should adopt this as their bible. The struggle for the soul of cyberspace has begun, and Preece goes a long way toward opening up this process.—From the Foreword by Doug Schuler, Seattle Community Network
Jean Gasen
This is the first book that I am aware of that really focuses on the issues
of usability and software design of online communities... an excellent
organization and mix of topics to address this increasing important area of
research and development.
—Jean Gasen, Capital One Services Inc.
