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)
Emergent Architecture
“(…) the science of information architecture is still incredibly young, and we are only scratching the surface of the possibilities” (Eric Scheid – IAWiki)
An Information Design Timeline
“(…) I didn’t say *the* information design timeline!” (Beth Mazur – The STC Information Design SIG)
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition
“Beta chapters may contain errors such as broken links, missing images, empty tables, and incomplete code.” (Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville – O’Reilly and Associates)
Interface Hall of Shame: Lotus Notes
“Lotus Notes 4.6 contains almost every example of inefficient design illustrated thoughout the entire Hall of Shame site.” (Isys Information Architects)
What an IA Should Know About Prototypes for User Testing
“There are several important factors to consider when you are planning to do prototyping for user testing. You will want to make careful choices about fidelity, level of interactivity and the medium of your prototype.” (Chris Farnum – Boxes and Arrows)
Why Free Software Usability Tends To Suck
“(…) the vast majority of open-source projects are also volunteer projects; and it seems that the use of volunteers to drive development inevitably leads the interface design to suck.” (Matthew Thomas)
Website Structural Navigation
“The structural navigation bar is becoming a ubiquitous element on many websites. (…) This experiment tests whether this type of navigational reference is truly valuable.” (N. Lazar and M. Eisenbrey – SHORE 2000)
Is Branding Compatible with Web Usability?
“Visual branding is typically based on the use of large graphics, text that is set as graphics, and special effects such as frames, image maps, custom navigation icons, and animated text and graphics.” (Roger C. Parker – GraphicsIQ)
The Interface in the Environment
“(…) always be on the lookout for the unexpected.” (Frank Long – frontend.com Usability InfoCentre)
Getting Established: ED for the Enterprise
Presentation at the 5th AIGA Advance for Design Summit (Louis Rosenfeld)