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A collection of Web links on design in general, GUI design, Web design, and usability. This list of Websites will be updated when new interesting and relevant sites are discovered. Each link will open the website in a new browser window.

Please forward any Websites you think should be added to this list! E-mail me!
 

Top of PageDesign & Technology

Bad Human Factors Designs - A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles.

IBM's Ease-of-Use Website - This site "addresses the challenge of creating great user experiences through the discipline of User Engineering, supported by design guidelines, tools, services and other relevant materials." GOOD RESOURCE!
Ease-of-Use Brochure

European Year of People with Disabilities - 2003 is the European Year of People with Disabilities. The year will drive progress towards achieving equal rights for people with disabilities. Across Europe attention will be focused on the many areas of European society where barriers and discrimination still exist for the one in ten Europeans with a disability. A monthly e-mail newsletter is available

MIT Media Lab - Glimpse the future of computing and interface design

Top of PageGUI Design

Apple's Human Interface Guidelines - One of the industry classic guidelines

Apple's Electronic Guide to Macintosh Human Interface Design

IBM's Ease-of-Use User Engineering Website

Microsoft Windows User Experience - Online version of the Microsoft Windows guidelines. Microsoft states, "The design of your software's interface, more than anything else, affects how a user experiences your product. This guide promotes good interface design and visual and functional consistency within and across Windows-based applications." View the book at Amazon.com

Top of PageWeb Design

Web Redesigns for the Holidays (New York Times 10/27/2003)

New Checklist Shows How To Make Web Sites Senior Friendly - Checklist (PDF)

Usability.gov - A great resource on usability and Web design. Research-based guidelines, checklists, accessibility, etc.

Style Guides and Style Sheets - Web Developer's Virtual Library

IBM Ease-of-Use: Web Design Guidelines

Web Page Design for Designers

Web Style Guide, Second Edition - The Yale online style guide. View the book at Amazon.com

Jakob Nielsen's Alert Box - Weekly tips and articles on Web design

Web Pages that Suck - Vincent Flanders

Top of PageUsability and User Engineering

Usability.gov - A great resource on usability and Web design. Research-based guidelines, checklists, accessibility, etc.

Useit.com - Usable Information Technology by Jakob Nielsen

UsabilityNet.org - A European Union project that provides usability and user centered design resources to practitioners, managers and projects.

Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) - "Promoting usability concepts and techniques worldwide"

HCI Sites - A collection of resources on Human-Computer Interaction

HCI Readings - A collection of books on Human-Computer Interaction

HCI Bibliography - A great collection of resources on Human-Computer Interaction

 
 
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Theo Mandel, Ph.D. is an international specialist in the design, development, education and usability testing of PC and Web software. Dr. Mandel designs technology- and business-based Web sites, Web applications and PC applications that are user-centered, task-oriented, enjoyable and usable!
 

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