Usability Links
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(Please note: No importance is implied by the order of this list)
- Interview with Bruce Tognazzini on human-computer interaction: http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/364445/q-a-bruce-tognazzini-on-human--computer-interaction.html
- Top 100 user-centered blogs: http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/top-100-user-centered-blogs/
- Usability Professionals' Association: http://www.upassoc.org/
- Science of Usability: User Interface Style Guides: http://www.experiencedynamics.com/science_of_usability/ui_style_guides/ (lists of the available style guides including those for AJAX, Mac, Windows, Java, etc.etc.)
- Jakob Nielsen: http://www.useit.com/
- Jakob Nielsen's July 2007 article Defeated by a Dialog Box (good reading): http://www.useit.com/alertbox/dialog-box.html
- Interface hall of shame: http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm
- User Experience 101: http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/
- Microsoft:
- Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx
- Windows: Design Specifications and Guidelines - Visual Design: User Interface Text: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997617.aspx
- Windows: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997486.aspx
- Menus, Controls, and Toolbars: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997490.aspx
- Secondary Windows: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997494.aspx
- User Assistance: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997596.aspx
- Apple Human Interface Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/chapter_1_section_1.html
- US Government Usability Guidelines: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html
- The Five Competencies of User Experience Design: http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000230.php
- Usability toolkit (lots of templates to use for usability testing etc.): http://www.stcsig.org/usability/resources/toolkit/toolkit.html
- SSW Rules to Better Interfaces: http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterInterfaces.aspx
- Ergonomic guidelines for user-interface design: http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ahtutorials/interface.html
- Free usability advice: http://www.freeusabilityadvice.com/
- Yale Web style guide: http://www.webstyleguide.com/
- Research-based web design and usability guidelines (US Dept of Health and Human Services): http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html
- Web design reference guide: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=webdesign&seqNum=5
- UX matters: http://uxmatters.com/
- Delivering user assistance in web forms: http://uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000191.php
- A List Apart: "Never use a warning when you mean undo": http://www.alistapart.com/articles/neveruseawarning
- UXPod (user experience podcast with Gerry Gaffney): http://uxpod.libsyn.com/
- Usability resource list on Gerry Gaffney's site: http://www.infodesign.com.au/usabilityresources/indexofresources.asp
- Using design games: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/using-design-games
- The GUI Design Handbook (for desktop UIs): http://fast-consulting.com/desktop.htm
- Smashing Magazine: 7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/05/7-essential-guidelines-for-functional-design/
- HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction / User Interface Usability: http://www.hcibib.org/ (Summary: The HCI Bibliography (HCIBIB) is a free-access bibliography on Human-Computer Interaction, with over 35,000 records in a searchable database. HCIBIB.ORG is also one of the premier portals to high-quality information on the development of usable software and Web-based systems.)
- Techne: A Usability Blog: http://www.mmdeaton.com/techne.html (Summary: Techne is a blog that explores how and why interface usability is critical to the success of a Web site, Web application, or software application. Mary Deaton has over 20 years experience in technical communication, user assistance, interface design, and usability research.)
- Tools of the UX Trade: http://uxtools.blogspot.com/ (Summary: Tools and services for the user experience (UX) cheapskate.)
- Q&A about usable interface design (Dr Eric Schaffer): http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/askericanswers.asp
- Partial Recall (blog): http://www.robfay.com/ (Summary: Rob Fay has a passion for topics including information architecture, human-computer interaction, usability, and the user experience.)
- 10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/
- User Interface Engineering: http://www.uie.com/ (Jared Spool's company and website)
- Confusing error messages: http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/17/being-cheap-with-error-messages/
- Joel on Software (Joel Spolsky's blog): http://joelonsoftware.com/
- Complete archive of all articles: http://joelonsoftware.com/Archive.html
- Online book: User Interface Design for Programmers: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html
- STC (Society for Technical Communication) annual conferences: http://stc.org/edu/sessionMaterials.asp (Summary: Many presentations on usability, accessibility etc. from STC; also, Usability and User Experience SIG of STC: http://www.stcsig.org/usability/index.html)
- Usability kit (book + cool stuff): http://www.sitepoint.com/kits/usability1/
- Paper Prototyping: http://www.paperprototyping.com/
- Carolyn Snyder's website: http://www.snyderconsulting.net/usabilitytesting.htm
- Card sorting: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/card_sorting_a_definitive_guide
- Eye Candy IS a critical business requirement: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/eye-candy-is-a-critical-business-requirement
- "Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface": My presentation slides, voice recording, handouts, and User Interface Checklist for WritersUA conference (Portland, US, 2008), AODC conference (Queensland, 2008), and ASTC (NSW) Conference (Sydney, 2008); http://www.cybertext.com.au/10353.htm
- "Reviewing Screen-based content": My presentation slides and handouts for WritersUA conference (Palm Springs, US, 2006) and ASTC (NSW) Conference (Sydney, 2006); http://www.cybertext.com.au/10353.htm (Resource list has links and information about many readability issues and usability, style, use of fonts and white space, and writing and printing for the web)
- Relevant books in the CyberText bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/cybertconsul-20/
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