Usability links
Note that many of these are now old and may not work
useit.com
Jakob Nielsen's Website. All
you need to know about usability
infodesign.com
Usability - how to do it!
weinschenk.com
Usability guidelines
usability.serco.com
Serco Usability Services is one of the largest independent
usability consultancy in the UK
acm.org
HCI guidelines. ACM is the world's first educational and scientific
computing society.
directory.netscape.com
Loads-a-links!
pantos.org
Good source of information. Lots of links and articles including
compliance, compatibility and usability.
best.com
Resources, explanations and discussion brought to you by James
Hom (really it is worth a look)
dialogdesign.dk
Good stuff! Comparing different usability approaches
directory.netscape.com
Lots of links to W3 Consortium Articles, Designer guides,
usability tips, UI tips, creation of browser independent web
sites etc .
cio.com
$3m and 2yrs on studying users results in £10m savings
llarch.com
Why frames are so bad...
webreview.com
A set of navigation and usability rules. These rules aren't
written in stone, and it's hard to follow all 12 of them at
once. However, it helps to be aware of them so you can make
the best design decisions for your own site.
sylloge.com
Showcase of sites where "All HTML, script, image, style,
and any other associated files must collectively total less
than 5 kilobytes in size and be entirely self-contained (employing
no server-side processing)."
internetusability.com
On the seminar 'Towards a user-friendly web' Jakob Nielsen,
Donald
Norman, Brenda Laurel, Ben Scheiderman, Bruce 'Tog' Tognazzini
and
Danielle van Diemen discussed topics related to usability
testing.
depaul.edu
Annotated bibliography (includes several links) on HCI
newplanetsoftware.com
The Coalition for User's Rights Software that does not require
taking courses or reading tomes to even begin to understand
how to use it. Software that works as promised now, not several
versions down the line.
computerworld.com
By making a small change to the way they asked users for address
information, Staples reduced the number of users who would
simply leave the site by 75%
acm.org
The development of the user interface for a large commercial
software product like Microsoft® Windows 95 involves many
people, broad design goals, and an aggressive work schedule.
This design briefing describes how the usability engineering
principles of iterative design and problem tracking were successfully
applied to make the development of the UI more manageable.
Specific design problems and their solutions are also discussed.
hcibib.org
Very comprehensive resources on HCI
wordfixers.no
How to design a usable interface - more to do with GUI than
web, but worth taking a peek at.
usableweb.com
Guide to Web usability resources Highly recommended!
webword.com
"provide(s) you with outstanding usability information
for all of your Internet endeavors".
builder.com
Walks you through the process of setting up and implementing
a usability evaluation. You can conduct user testing anytime
in your site's development cycle.
usabilityfirst.com
provides essential information to help make websites and
other software easier to use
nectar.org
Handbook of User-Centred Design
instone.org
How to test websites
foruse.com
A presentation from Constantine and Lockwood
stc.org
Another useful usability index
best.com
information about almost all of the methods and techniques
used in usability evaluation
e-satisfy.com
Provides compelling information on site usability from
Customer insites
foruse.com
A forum for professionals about software and Web usability,
user interface design, user role models, use cases and task
modeling, content and navigation models, user interface architecture,
and usability inspections
sun.com
From Sun microsystems
otal.umd.edu
To usability engineering web resources, including many
valuable links
webreference.com
Useful information for web developers
luigui.org
more HCI links
nstl.com
"The world's leading independent information technology
testing organization. "