If you can't use the system, the system isn't much use...
...but an ugly site is better than a pretty but useless one
| Link | Description |
| A Pattern Library for Interaction Design | Collection of best practices and examples in interaction design (May 08) |
| How little do we read | Jacob Nielsen post covering a research study that shows how people read web pages, and how popular the Back button is. Includes analysis of the results - use more words the more targeted your subject matter (May 08) |
| Beyond ALT Text | Nielson Norman Group Report on making the web easy to use for users with disabilities. See also: blog post summarising the report (Apr 08) |
| Tech design with thought | CNET interview with Don Norman (The Design of Future Things). Some good comments about how we adapt to, and are adapted by, tech (Nov 07) |
| World Usability Day 2007 | Web casts available for download from an event organised by Microsoft covering usability design (Nov 07) |
| The Myth of Short Attention Spans | Poynter study - Eyetrack07 - into how we scan, navigate and read content - both printed and online. Turns out that we devote more time to reading than is assumed is this age of 'continuous-partial-attention' (March 07) Eye tracking video |
| User Experiences | Blog post by Larry Osterman describing Out of Box Experiences (OOBE) |
| Fujitsu Accessibility Experience | Tools provided by Fujitsu that can check your site's accessibility for visual impairments and colour blindness |
| In the blink of an eye | Web users judge a web site within one twentieth of a second. Article on www.nature.com |
| IBM Accessibility Statement | Good page explaining the design of one of their web sites and how to use built-in accessibility features within browsers |
Good Books (I've read)
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Usability Experts |