Improving Business Through User-Centered Design
An Interview with UCD Innovators Scott Isensee, Carol Righi and Karel Vredenburg (Kerrie Green – WebWord)
All posts from
August 2002
UI Patterns and Techniques
“There’s nothing new here.” (Jennifer Tidwell)
The Necessity for Information Space Mapping for Information Retrieval on the Semantic Web
“The Semantic Web offers exciting possibilities for information retrieval.” (G. B. Newby – Information Research 7.4)
Links and Power: The Political Economy of Linking on the Web
“Links have become the currency of the Web. With this economic value they also have power, affecting accessibility and knowledge on the Web.” (Jill Walker)
The Information Architecture Knowledge Base
“(…) devoted to knowledge accumulated about the design of information spaces. The material in this site is divided into cases, templates, and principles. It is being developed with a view to create a knowledge-based information space design environment.” (Information Architecture: Shaping Knowledge into Form)
The JAIR Information Space
“An information space is a type of information design in which representations of information objects are situated in a principled space. In a principled space location and direction have meaning, so that mapping and navigation become possible.” (Information Architecture – MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory)
Navigational Issues in the Design of On-Line Self-Administered Questionnaires: The Effect of Training and Familiarity
“Dual navigation refers to the act of navigating information records to retrieve specific information, while simultaneously navigating through the survey.” (K.L. Norman et al. – HCI Lab. University of Maryland)
Questions for Robin Kinross
“You’ve been consistent in going to the Netherlands to produce recent Hyphen books. (…) Why do you choose to go abroad to produce books?” (Andy Crewdson – New Series)
Business Models for Information Design and Development Departments
“Based on observations of information design and development departments in practice, I propose that six types of models govern information design and development groups.” (Saul Carliner)
Zooming User Interfaces
“These interfaces create an intuitive information landscape – the user moves ‘further away’ to get an overview, or “closer” for more detail, while keeping a sense of orientation and structure that traditional ‘pop-up’ windows and dialogues can’t match.” (NYU Media Research Lab)
Inform Graphic Design
Combining creativity and information for effective communications. (informativity)
Information Design
A Select Bibliography (Mantex)
Is Your Help System Usable?
“(…) there is a shift from the technology to what I call the psychology behind the technology. This shift to end-user concerns and usability issues is essential for effective help system design.” (Donna Timpone)
Visual Metaphors
“The use of Visual Metaphors is one of the most common ways of elaborating interfaces and visual representations. However, not all the developers think the same way.” (J.C. Dürsteler – Inf@Vis: The digital magazine of InfoVis.net)
The Humane Environment
“But once you have learned THE, you will wish that all your software had at least some of its interface features. This we guarantee; it happens every time.” (Jef Raskin – SourceForge Humane)
Toward a New Breed of Computers
“Jef Raskin, ‘father of the Macintosh’, looks at how to build a better computer user interface.” (Josh Lawrence – TechTV)
Extreme & Radical User Interfaces: Exploring New Interaction Paradigms
“The world of computer-based interaction is changing again.” (NPUC 2002 – IBM Research)
User Interface, User Experience — Where’s It Going?
“Maybe the best user interface is none at all (…)” (Dan Gillmor – Sillicon Valley News)
The Backlash against Jakob Nielsen and What it Teaches Us
“While the Web involves a convergence of presentation, content and behaviour, Nielsen has historically taken a fairly narrow view that’s focused around solely functionality.” (George Olsen – Usability News)
Stanford University Interactivity Lab
“Our goal is to develop new devices, techniques, and theories that support the design of fluent interaction in a ubiquitous computing environment.” (Stanford Computer Science Department)