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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, Johnson, Jeff, Ph.D. GUI bloopers 2.0: common user interface design don'ts and dos/Jeff Johnson. p.cm. Originally published: San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, under title: GUI bloopers, 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-12-370643-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems) I. Title. QA76.0.U83J63 2007 005.4'37-dc22

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