- Spool, Jared: Web Graphic Design Is Not What You Think, A Usability Perspective
"The number one activity on the Web is information retrieval." In part of his tutorial, Spool explained his findings on graphic design and users' success.
http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=2894/nam1012433861/
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Starling Access Services
Interesting definition of Accessible Web Design. For use by "anyone, any web browsing technology and any site".
http://www.starlingweb.com/webac.htm
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- STC SIG - Usability
Forum to share information, resources and experiences on issues related to the usability and user-centered design. It is the home of the Usability Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication.
http://www.stcsig.org/usability/
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Stevesdomain.net
Focuses on furthering the education of web related topics, including web design and navigation tips, advice and techniques.
http://www.stevesdomain.net/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Szuc, Daniel: Usability in Hong Kong
Interview detailing the approach to web usability in Hong Kong.
http://webword.com/interviews/szuc.html
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Scent of Information
The reason why so many people lose their way on the Web, according to usability expert Jared Spool, is because they lose the scent of the information they are looking for. Jared shares his thoughts and perspectives on the Web, usability, and the user's quest for information.
http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=3110/nam1012433977/
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- The WDVL: Designing Attractive Web Pages
Before you can design avant-garde Web pages, you have to know what the rules are before you try to break, bend or amend them.
http://wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Pages/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Theory
A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability, interface, and interaction design. Includes previous columns for review.
http://www.merges.net/theory/
(Added: Sun Apr 02 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Tognazzini, Bruce: First Principles
Bruce Tognazzini discusses basic prinicples of usability for both traditional applications and web services.
http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as several prominent mistakes from 2003 show.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20031222.html
(Added: Sat Apr 01 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Towards a Model of Trust for E-Commerce System Design
A paper, by Florian N. Egger, presents a model of trust that informs the human-computer interaction (HCI) design of electronic commerce systems.
http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~mrs/chi2000/contributions/egger.html
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Usability Engineering
"Designing for Ease Use", Article written by Corporate Solutions Consulting (UK)on usability engineering.
http://www.consult-me.co.uk/csc-usability-engineering-page.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Usability First
Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/
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- Usability Matters
From the Usability Matters Group at the Linköping University in Sweden. Their goal is to make computer systems more usable. The 1995 essay "Perspectives on Usability" by Jonas Löwgren is available for download in PDF format.
http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/aslab/groups/um/
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- Usability Must Die
Examines what's wrong with the usability movement, with some humour, and experiences from the coal face of software design.
http://www.usabilitymustdie.com
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- Usability Professionals' Association
A network through which usability professionals can communicate and share information about skills and skill development, methodology used and/or proposed in the profession, tools, technology, and organizational issues.
http://www.upassoc.org/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Usability Testing of Advanced Web Concepts
Case study of usability. A sidebar to Jakob Nielsen's article on Sun's new Web design.
http://www.sun.com/980113/sunonnet/concepts.html
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- Usability Watch India
Blog on usability of software and websites through the eyes of Suman kumar.
http://sumankumar.com/usability/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Usability.gov
Provided by the National Cancer Institute. Includes information and resources on making web sites and other user interfaces more useful, usable, and accessible. News and current publications and additional links are provided.
http://www.usability.gov/
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- Usable Web
Collection of links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.
http://usableweb.com/
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- Usable Webs
Information on basic web usability principles, including hints on helping search engines find your site. Web usability assessments and content development are available.
http://www.usablewebs.com/
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- Usefo.com
Web design resources, Usableword newsletter, and web usability guidelines to make web sites faster, more educational, and usable.
http://patsula.com/usefo/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Useit.com
Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.
http://www.useit.com
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- User Interface Design - Software Design Smorgasbord
A comprehensive resource page on UI Design, maintained by Craig Marion, the webmaster of Chester County Internet Services.
http://www.chesco.com/~cmarion/Design/UIDesign.html
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- User Interface Engineering -- Web Site Usability Book
Spool, Jared. Excerpted from book, "Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide". Useful links, articles and resources.
http://www.uie.com/bookdesc.htm
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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