Usability and Navigation
“(…) we’ll look at how you can set up internal links so your visitors can move from page to page with ease.” (Andrew Starling – Web Developer’s Virtual Library)
All posts from
October 2001
Achieving Usability Through Software Architecture
“(…) an approach to improving the usability of software systems by means of software architectural decision” (Len Bass et al. – Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute)
VRI XtraNet
“(…) a list of pointers to internet information about software user interface topics” (Vertical Research, Inc.)
Establishing a Dedicated Interaction Design/Usability Team
“The reality is that your customers (or users) are not willing to learn how to use your site (…)” (Scott Larson and Matte Scheinker – stickygoo)
The Powers of Ten
Journey to the edge of the universe and back down to the quark (Charles and Ray Eames)
3D Map of Manhattan
Damage report from the city of New York (CNN)
Bagarashi: Where The Web Speaks To You
“(…) we are mainly focusing on web usability, information architecture, web marketing, and related content areas.” (About Bagarashi)
Information Visualization and Visualization Techniques
A Collection of Visualizations (Rika Furuhata – Fujishiro Ichikawa Lab)
Design Sounds
“(…) about the role of sound in design” (Christina Nilson-Dag – Swedish Society of Crafts and Design)
Cognition, Emotion and Other Inescapable Dimensions of Human Experience
“There is an Aristotelic tradition in cognitive psychology, information design and artificial intelligence, to understand human information processing as a mechanism (…)” (Jorge Frascara – Visible Language)
The Social Construction of Information (Architecture)
“(…) the art and science of organizing information to facilitate its rapid and intuitive retrieval” (Adam Greenfield – V-2)
Information Design Association: IDeAs
“(…) some back issues of the former IDA newsletter” (Conrad Taylor – informationdesign.org)
Navigating Isn’t Fun
“(…) many Web designers have incorrectly deduced from this that users want navigation schemes.” (Alan Cooper – Cooper Interaction Design)
Visionary Lays Into The Web
“Ted Nelson is a visionary who is credited with coining the term hypertext.” (Tracey Logan – BBC News)
Making the World a Happier Place, One Web Site at a Time
“(…) this is a ‘half-million book’ because typically we charge $10,000 to review a homepage” (Andy King – Web Reference)
The Face of Information Architecture
“An interview with Christina Wodtke (…)” (John Rhodes – Webword)
Chunking
“(…) to introduce some of the basic scientific and engineering concepts that lie at the heart of good human interface design.” (Kevin O’Boyle – The Interface Maffia)
A Conversation on Information
An interview with Umberto Eco (Semiotics)
Ramblings
The IA of IKEA Stores (Kate Hagedorn)
Information Architecture and the Support of Brand Promise
“Some believe information architects should only concerned with the structure of hard information. I disagree.” (Tim Salam)