| 1. | Alertbox | | | Jakob Nielsen's bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on simple and minimalist design based on real user needs.
www.useit.com |
| 2. | Navigation 101 | | | A simple, understandable navigation scheme is a critical aspect of site design and has a direct effect on the bottom line.
wdvl.com |
| 3. | Web Pages That Suck | | | Learn good web page design by looking at bad web pages.
www.webpagesthatsuck.com |
| 6. | Usefo.com | | | Web design resources, Usableword newsletter, and web usability guidelines to make web sites faster, more educational, and usable.
patsula.com |
| 7. | HTML Authoring Tools | | | Delorie Software provides a number of free services to the web community to assist web authors who wish to make their information available to the largest audience. These tools provide alternate ways of viewing your pages, so that you can ensure that your content is received properly by all viewers.
www.delorie.com |
| 8. | AnyBrowser.com | | | Web page viewer presents a site as it might be seen by visitors with different browsers.
www.anybrowser.com |
| 9. | Lynx Friendly | | | The key to being Lynx Friendly is to be consciously aware of the HTML which goes into creating a web page and to ensure that those using a non-graphical browser are not ignored.
www.cs.umanitoba.ca |
| 10. | Something 4 Nothing Web Pages | | | Tips for building pages which are visually pleasing, and yet still download quickly and make information easy to access. From Webdeveloper.com.
www.webdeveloper.com |
| 12. | WebWord Usability Consulting | | | Usability and human factors for the Internet. Including book list, expert articles articles and interviews, recommended Web sites.
www.webword.com |
| 13. | Fifth Conference on the Human Factors and the Web | | | A forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers, designers, and developers who are interested in producing web sites that are more useful and usable. Site contains proceedings of the most recent (3/Jun/1999) conference and archives of all previous conferences.
zing.ncsl.nist.gov |
| 14. | HTML Style Issues | | | Alan Flavell discusses HTML usability and provides links to many style and usability sites.
ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk |
| 18. | Internet Brothers: Helpware for the Cybercommunity | | | Expanding web community by offering free tips and tutorials about HTML and DHTML, graphics editing, site promotion, digital photography, and desktop publishing. Presented often with a touch of humor, and always with examples.
internetbrothers.com |
| 19. | Home of the GUIguy® | | | GUI Design and Usability consulting for Windows applications and Web sites. Classes and seminars available emphasizing usability, GUI design, web site design.
guiguy.com |
| 21. | Uiweb.com | | | Monthly expert columns on web usability, interaction and web design.
www.uiweb.com |
| 22. | WEBehavior | | | A behavioral research, usability testing, and customer experience evaluation firm.
www.webehavior.com |
| 23. | Usability by Design Ltd | | | Offering leading edge usability and design consultancy to the e-commerce, e-business and client server markets in Europe.
www.usability.uk.com |
| 24. | WebMetric Tools | | | 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).
zing.ncsl.nist.gov |
| 25. | Theory | | | A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability, interface, and interaction design. Includes previous columns for review.
www.merges.net |
| 26. | 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 publications and additional links are provided.
www.usability.gov |
| 29. | Useit.com | | | Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.
www.useit.com |
| 30. | Daily Blooper | | | Showcases examples of poor web interface design from real web sites. The aim is to teach good (user-centered) design by showing what not to do.
deyalexander.com |
| 32. | Usability Engineering | | | , Article written by Corporate Solutions Consulting (UK)on usability engineering.
www.consult-me.co.uk |
| 33. | Usability First | | | Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.
www.usabilityfirst.com |
| 34. | Usable Webs | | | Information on basic web usability principles, including hints on helping search engines find your site. Web usability assessments and content development are available.
www.usablewebs.com |
| 37. | ShoreWalker | | | Covers every area of good site design as well as what not to do. Steers you away from hype and towards more practical, user-friendly Web design. Based in Australia.
www.shorewalker.com |
| 38. | Usability Matters | | | by Jonas Löwgren is available for download in PDF format.
www.ida.liu.se |
| 41. | Designing Information-Abundant Web Sites | | | This article is extracted and adapted from Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction 3rd edn., Reading, MA: Addison Wesley (forthcoming). Longman Publishers, Copyright 1998.
ijhcs.open.ac.uk |
| 43. | Usability Lab at HHI | | | Usability support during all phases of the product life cycle. User requirements analyses, design studies, expert evaluations, Usability tests, consultancy. Located in Berlin, Germany.
ulab.hhi.de |
| 46. | Web Development | | | A summary of the complete life cycle of web development: planning, analysis, design, implementation, and promotion. Key practices and online resources are given for each process. By John December, author of numerous material for web development methodology.
www.december.com |
| 47. | Web Usability Findings | | | Compilation of surveys of web usability engineering and test results.
www-personal.umich.edu |
| 48. | Stevesdomain.net | | | Focuses on furthering the education of web related topics, including web design and navigation tips, advice and techniques.
www.stevesdomain.net |
| 49. | Usability Must Die | | | Examines what's wrong with the usability movement, with some humour, and experiences from the coal face of software design.
www.usabilitymustdie.com |
| 50. | eShopability | | | Provides design and usability information and advice on how to convert browsers into buyers and keep them, analysis and trends. Free fortnightly newsletter.
www.eshopability.com |
| 51. | Usabilityinfo.net | | | General usability information for creating functional websites.
www.usabilityinfo.net |
| 52. | Missinfom | | | Resources and links on web design and usability.
www.missinform.net |
| 56. | IBM - Ease of Use | | | Resourcs for discovering user-centered design, guidelines, and technologies to help improve the total user experience for web-based products and services.
www-3.ibm.com |
| 60. | BBC News | | | Web design 'causes confusion' - Web designers are not on the same wavelength as surfers when it comes to creating sites, says a US study.
news.bbc.co.uk |
| 61. | Educorner | | | Online introductory course on Information Architecture, (making a website easy to use).
www.educorner.com |
| 62. | 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 shares his thoughts and perspectives on the Web, usability, and the user's quest for information.
www.ddj.com |
| 63. | AgeLight Institute | | | Guidelines written for webmasters, communicators and marketers to assist with website design for maximum usability for seniors and older internet users.
www.agelight.com |
| 64. | Usability Guidelines | | | Quantified, peer-reviewed website design guidelines. PDF format, both in chapters or as one big (39 MB) file.
usability.gov |
| 65. | GUI Bloopers | | | . Covers problems with text, graphics, interactive dialog and web design.
books.elsevier.com |
| 67. | Java Software Human Interface | | | Essential information about human interface design and usability for applications and applets written in the Java programming language.
java.sun.com |
| 69. | Nielsen Norman Group | | | Reports and columns on usability and human interface design by Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman, and Bruce 'Tog' Tognazzini.
www.nngroup.com |
| 71. | Don't Link to Us | | | Highlights stupid linking policies by linking to web sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them.
www.dontlink.com |
| 72. | Usability Watch India | | | Blog on usability of software and websites through the eyes of Suman kumar.
usablityrules.blogspot.com |
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