“The following is the manuscript of a ‘work stopped in progress’ in 1994.  That is, it is a book that we started, but never finished.  Nevertheless, we used the manuscript in its various forms for tutorials and courses that we taught, always with the expectation that we would finish. Well, the reality is, that is not going to happen. Nevertheless, despite its lack of completion, the manuscript represents a fair bit of work in an area that does not have much of a literature.” (William Buxton, William Gaver, and Sara Bly – Buxton Design)

“Sound is one of our most sophisticated senses, from the time we are babies our entire world is filled with sounds designed to stimulate our behavior. We grow to expect pleasure or annoyance as were are introduced to surprising new sounds as well as established ones. Sound has a variety of forms – voice, music, effects, nature, or other communication forms – and these can be incredible rich, complex, and subtle.” (Clark MacLeod – Kelake)

“Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) are a new concept to many who now have the task of doing everything it takes to develop a VoiceXML application. This article describes the difference between the VUI and the long-familiar GUI.” (Rick Beasley et al. – informIT) – courtesy of nooface

“Collection of widgets and UI elements from various websites, with notation of their sterling or plate metal qualities.” (Christina Wodtke – Elegant Hack)

“The first lesson I learned was that each design decision is dictated by the focus of the project. The focus of my previous Web site projects was content; the focus of the application’s user interface was task-based user entry forms.” (Jean Tillman – Digital Web Magazine)

Invited presentation at TU/e Industrial Design, Designed Intelligence Group (2003) (Matthias Rauterberg)

“The future of Windows is determined by Longhorn, the new operating system that Microsoft is preparing for 2005 that will imply, according to them, the ‘life immersion’ of the customers in this new technology. We review what is known about it up to now.” (Juan C. Dürsteler – Inf@Vis!)

“Zooming is an important part of THE and this simple demo illustrates some of the ways that zooming solves the navigation problems posed by our present system of links, tabs, and other click-and-go-there interfaces.” (Jef Raskin – THE) – courtesy of brad lauster

“Although metaphor is a commonly used device in the design of user-interfaces, it is not rigorously understood, and most guidance stops at the recommendation of its use. In this paper, we seek to provide a systematic taxonomy of user-interface metaphors, based on and extending the framework of Lakoff and Johnson. We then suggest that some usability heuristics emerge directly from analysis of the taxonomy. We conclude that the taxonomy and heuristics may provide appreciable benefits in user-interface design and evaluation, and address some of the criticisms of metaphor use that have been made.” (Pippin Barr, Robert Biddle & James Noble)

Keynote at MobileHCI ’03 (Albrecht Schmidt)

“(…) here are my notes from the Visions of the Future panel earlier today. There’s some paraphrasing here, so blame me, not the speakers, for any misrepresentation.” (anti-mega) – courtesy of black belt jones

“Started by Tog to discuss, settle upon, and promote a single, universal name for the practice of human computer interaction design/architecture” (Yahoo!)

“It’s time interface designers, or whatever we’re calling ourselves, get some respect. After 25 years of wining about it, I’ve finally realized we have only ourselves to blame.” (Bruce Tognazzini – AskTog) – courtesy of webword

“But Apple may be on to something. Interface consistency was a wise strategy for the early years of PC adoption, but the Mac’s new Swiss-army-knife approach makes sense now that using desktop interfaces is as second-nature as reading to a whole generation of computer users. After 20 years of point and click, we’re ready to handle multiple interfaces within a single operating system. Bring on the zoom!” (Steven Johnson – Slate) – courtesy of nooface

“Fitts Law is a robust model of human behavior which enables the prediction of human movement and human motion based on rapid, aimed movement other than drawing or writing. In Human Computer Interaction Fitt’s law is a useful guideline in interface design.” (Fredy Ore – Reloade)

“Because of its increasingly significant impact on your company’s brand, the quality of software’s behavior is a crucial factor in your organization’s success.” (Nate Fortin – Cooper)

“One of the most significant changes in Panther is the revised Finder interface. The new Finder features the brushed-metal look from iTunes and a new Places sidebar along the left, with quick links to volumes and removable media at the top; and applications, files, and folders at the bottom. With these shortcuts, the Places sidebar replaces some of the previous functionality of the Finder toolbar.” (Nick dePlume – Think Secret)

“The workshop is intended for people who have worked with personas before and want to develop the technique. The workshop will focus on how to construct convincing and captivating portraits of users after the initial collection of user data.” (Ann Light – UsabilityNews)

“To many software team members who havenít worked with UI designers before, it seems unlikely that there could be demonstrable differences in usability based on small details like those. I understand this skepticism, and my background as an engineer has helped me to figure out how to overcome it.” (Brian R. Krause – Boxes and Arrows)

“(…) the quarterly magazine for members of the British HCI Group, with features, events, reviews and jobs. Back copies are provided here as PDF documents.” (British HCI Group) – courtesy of ben hyde