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101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site
More advice about improving the design and usability of your website. Major categories include: Copywriting Usability Search Engine Optimization Accessibility Design Legal View the article
Business-Software Vendor Finds Business Software Impossible to Use
The Business Technology Blog in Wall Street Journal describes a software vendor’s study: IFS, a business-software vendor, sent us a report titled €śThe Increasing Importance of Usability in Enterprise Software €ť €”the results of a survey earlier this year of … Continue reading
Usability/User Experience Specialist – Best Careers for 2008 [US News & World Report]
US News & World Report on Best Careers for 2008: Usability/User Experience Specialist listed as one of the best careers! We continue to gain recognition for our contribution to the IT industry. The article notes one drawback about our industry, … Continue reading
Scientific Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies
I conducted eye-movement research on reading comprehension in my graduate work on my M.A. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology back in the early 80′s. Eye-tracking hardware and software have come a long way since then and they provide very interesting … Continue reading
History of GUIs: Interview with Larry Tesler
Good interview with Larry Tesler, one of the innovators from Xerox PARC who created the early GUIs with icons and folders on the desktop. After the Xerox PARC years, he worked at Apple on the early GUI products, the Apple … Continue reading
World Usability Day Announces 2007 Healthcare Focus
Theo Mandel, Ph.D. has been named the healthcare chairman for World Usability Day 2007. World Usability Day’s focus for 2007 is on healthcare. The theme is, “We can make a difference.” Mandel will present at the kickoff event at the … Continue reading
Experts Discuss the Future of “Ease of Use” – Simplicity vs. Functionality
PALO ALTO, Calif. €” A panel of experts on “ease of use” whose experience ranges from technology design to behavioral psychology agreed rather ruefully Wednesday (April 4, 2007) one of the most complicated challenges in electronic engineering is simplicity.Their conclusions … Continue reading
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Call to designers: Consider the user first!
Las Vegas — Developers for the consumer market should worry less about wowing users with gizmos and features, and more about how consumers actually use the devices, speakers and papers concluded at the International Conference of Consumer Electronics (ICCE). Attendees … Continue reading
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The human factor in gadget, Web design (CNN News)
More good press for my field of usability and web design: “Experts in the field of so-called human-computer interaction, however, say good design like the YouTube interface is the exception, not the rule. For every slick Apple iPod, there are … Continue reading
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