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IBM developerWorks: Everything I need to know about usability, I learned at the arcade
IBM developerWorks: Everything I need to know about usability, I learned at the arcadeA program that is integral to the operation of your business can be hard to use -- yet you will use it anyway. A video game that is hard to use is no fun, and you won't use it. Forged in this crucible is an attitude that's common to most games: Usability is paramount. Productivity software should learn some of the same lessons.
usability Add tag Permalink | Thursday, July 04, 2002
TaskZ: Usability Testing: You Get What You Pay For
TaskZ: Usability Testing: You Get What You Pay ForI have been conducting usability tests of software user interfaces for over 20 years, using a methodology based on what I learned in a graduate program in experimental cognitive psychology and adapted to an engineering environment. Typically it takes me between 3 and 4 weeks to complete a test. About half that time is spent planning the test, a quarter running it, and a quarter analyzing and interpreting results and generating recommendations.
interface, usability Add tag Permalink | Friday, June 28, 2002
Intranet Journal: Using Usability to
Intranet Journal: Using Usability to Direct KM SystemsKnowledge management is a comparatively young discipline, and one that draws upon many existing fields of study. While the value of KM is clear, how to apply it to practical business projects is less obvious. In this article, James Robertson looks at how usability and user centered design can benefit the development of a KM system.
usability Add tag Permalink | Monday, June 03, 2002
Useit.com: Kids’ Corner: Website Usability
Useit.com: Kids' Corner: Website Usability for ChildrenOur usability study of kids found that they are as easily stumped by confusing websites as adults. Unlike adults, however, kids tend to view ads as content, and click accordingly. They also like colorful designs, but demand simple text and navigation.
usability Add tag Permalink | Monday, April 15, 2002
Web Usability: Online Resource
Web Usability: Online Resourceusability Add tag Permalink | Thursday, February 28, 2002
Cognetics: What Does Usability Mean:
Cognetics: What Does Usability Mean: Looking Beyondinterface, usability Add tag Permalink | Friday, February 22, 2002
Digital Web Magazine: Flash Usability
Digital Web Magazine: Flash UsabilityJust because you know how to use Flash doesn't mean you should use it or break the usability rules. Unless you're creating to demonstrate your skills for your portfolio, design for a purpose with substance not to show off your coolness and "with it-ness."
usability Add tag Permalink | Friday, February 08, 2002
eLearn Magazine: Usability-Tested E-learning? Not
eLearn Magazine: Usability-Tested E-learning? Not Until the Market Requires ItThe usability standards and tests that have proven their worthiness for e-commerce and other applications need to be tweaked a bit before being applied to e-learning--tools for streamlining a site so someone can book a flight with ease aren
usability Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, February 05, 2002
WDVL: Usability and Navigation Ever
WDVL: Usability and Navigation Ever given up on a site because it's too difficult to get around? It's a silly way to lose visitors. In this article we'll look at how you can set up internal links so your visitors can move from page to page with ease.usability Add tag Permalink | Saturday, October 20, 2001
Content-Wire: The Usability of Online
Content-Wire: The Usability of Online ContentUsability specialists need to learn more about content, something rather vital that
usability Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, September 19, 2001
eLearn Magazine: Usability, User Experience,
eLearn Magazine: Usability, User Experience, and Learner ExperienceE-learning stocks are a rare bright spot in a gloomy tech market these days. Boosters of on-line learning promote its lower costs, broader accessibility, and personalization potential. But much e-learning still has slow adoption and high dropout rates. Online learning leaves many students frustrated or unenthusiastic. The good news is that concepts and processes for addressing these shortfalls in learner experience can be found in the field of usability. In this paper, I outline ways in which the field of usability, properly understood, can help online learning fulfill its promise.
usability Add tag Permalink | Friday, August 24, 2001
Learning Circuits: Web Course Usability
Learning Circuits: Web Course UsabilityInstructors and course developers are well versed in the art of instructional design. Despite this expertise and experience, many Web-based courses suffer from weak Web design and poor usability... Increase the learning potential of Web courses by following these simple principles from Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen.
- elearningpost: Jakob Nielsen on e-learning
instructional design, usability Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Useit.com: First Rule of Usability?
Useit.com: First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to UsersTo design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.
interface, usability Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, August 07, 2001