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Good usability is vital to the success of any web site. This site has downloadable sets of web evaluation tools to assist in analysis of a web page based on numerous usability guidelines. Registration is required (free).
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Good usability is critical to the success of a website. Traditional
usability engineering techniques can be difficult to apply to web usability
evaluation because the users are heterogeneous and geographically dispersed.
Also, website software development cycles demand quick turnaround.
The
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A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability, interface, and interaction design. Includes previous columns for review.
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theory is a weekly column by Adam Baker, which explores issues in web design, interface design, and product design.
theory was a weekly column discussing issues in interaction and web design. Unfortunately, I haven't written for the column in quite some time, but I do plan to pick it up again this yearin 2005. For now, my past columns can still be read:
You can get email notification when I (finally) write
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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.
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Usability Home
Please don't make me think! Usability.gov is a one-stop source for government web designers to learn how to make websites more usable, useful, and accessible. The site addresses a broad range of factors that go into web design and development. The site will help you to: Plan and design usable sites
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List of several (actually, eight) ways to make a more user-friendly site. Also has other reader comments on the same topic.
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100 Things you Can do Right Now To Make Your Web Site Better
Note that a lot of these ideas have found their way into
presented in a more organized fashion there.
Add Width and Height Tags
Add width and height tags to your in-line images. This will make all
of the text on your pages immediately
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Suggestions and guidelines for putting together a usable and attractive web site.
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TLC Systems is a management consulting firm,
specializing in the architecture, design, and implementation
of systems involving computers and people.
Art and the Zen of web sites
"Everything you know is wrong."
> Inside Macintosh, 1984
"Web publishing is no more about HTML than book publishing is about type fonts."
> Henri de Toulouse-LaTech
"Colored or textured backgrounds, weirdly colored text or links, and a
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"Designing for Ease Use", Article written by Corporate Solutions Consulting (UK)on usability engineering.
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Corporate Solutions specialises in usability. Our aim is to deliver business benefits
Friendly and Ease of Use have become
enshrined in everyday parlance, and are littered
throughout marketing brochures for IT products. The
phrases alone, however, fail to convey anything of
substance or of value in helping users and choosers
determine whether products will meet
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Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.
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Usability resources: a glossary of usability-related terms, usability methods, best practices, humor, and more. A free service of Foraker Design
How well do you know your users?
For most websites, the answer is probably "not well enough." Learn the proven methods for conducting usability research, including how to apply your findings towards measurable improvements.
Here are a few starting points.
User-Centered Design improves the
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Pages collected by the University of Maryland, Masters of Software Engineering. These guidelines will assist software engineers to create effective user interfaces.
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The Guide to Usability for Software Engineering is a collection of
pages created by the University of Maryland, Masters of Software
Engineering, Fall 98, Usability Engineering class
intended for software engineers and usability engineering practitioners
to find relevant resources on the Web.
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Interesting definition of Accessible Web Design. For use by "anyone, any web browsing technology and any site".
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Starling Access Services - Web Accessibility Primer - my thoughts on what Web accessibility means
Starling Access Services Access A World Of Possibility
Accessible Web design - a definition
© 2009 by Chuck Letourneau, Starling Access Services
First published: 1998. Modified: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009
UPDATE: our first foreign language translation!
What does "Web accessibility" mean? To me
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Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin. Excellent guidelines for universal web design.
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Links to information about Trace Center projects and programs, including current and past work.
Follow the links below to information about Trace Center projects and programs, including current and past work. If you have questions about this work, don't hesitate to
A comprehensive research and development program to advance accessibility and usability of existing and emerging
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