Nielsen Norman Group
Reports and columns on usability and human interface design by Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman, and Bruce 'Tog' Tognazzini.
Publish.com - Five Usability Principles For Web Design
Ilise Benun elaborates on the principles of consistency, interaction, instruction, choices and control.
Rosenfeld, Lou: Is Less Really More?
When it comes to the usability factor of tables of contents, is less really more?
Rosenfeld, Lou: Yahoo! is Dead. Long Live Yahoo!
Discussion on the inevitable collapse of Yahoo directory due to its size and complexity. He Predicts mini-yahoo sites within corporate intranets.
Schaffer, Eric: How to Develop a Corporate Intranet Standard -- PDF File
From the consultants of Human Factors International (www.humanfactors.com). Requires Acrobat Reader.
Schaffer, Eric: How to Develop an Effective GUI Standard -- PDF file
From the consultants of Human Factors International (www.humanfactors.com). Requires Acrobat Reader.
Seattletimes.com: A primer for a good Web page
Users want indicators of how good (e.e., current, accurate, credible) the page's information is.
Section 508 Accessibility - Extreme Cross-Browser Compatible Menu and Navbar System
Section 508 Accessible Menu and navbar system for those wanting compatibility with the widest group of browsers. Uses Dreamweaver MX and above.
Spool, Jared: Hard Evidence from Research
Spool uncovers the lessons his research has taught him about how best to design a site so that users don't end up thwarted
Spool, Jared: Web Graphic Design Is Not What You Think, A Usability Perspective
"The number one activity on the Web is information retrieval." In part of his tutorial, Spool explained his findings on graphic design and users' success.
Starling Access Services
Interesting definition of Accessible Web Design. For use by "anyone, any web browsing technology and any site".
Stevesdomain.net
Focuses on furthering the education of web related topics, including web design and navigation tips, advice and techniques.
The Scent of Information
The reason why so many people lose their way on the Web, according to usability expert Jared Spool, is because they lose the scent of the information they are looking for. Jared …
The WDVL: Designing Attractive Web Pages
Before you can design avant-garde Web pages, you have to know what the rules are before you try to break, bend or amend them.
Tognazzini, Bruce: First Principles
Bruce Tognazzini discusses basic prinicples of usability for both traditional applications and web services.
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as seve…
Usability First
Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.
Usability Matters
From the Usability Matters Group at the Linköping University in Sweden. Their goal is to make computer systems more usable. The 1995 essay "Perspectives on Usability" by Jonas Lö…
Usability.gov
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 pu…
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