Topics in Usability
Usability and the US Presidential Election Ballot (STC Usability SIG)
The Multimodal Interaction Group’s Publications
“(…) a downloadable selection of the papers” (Multimodal Interaction Group – GIST)
Task-Centered User Interface Design: A Practical Introduction
“The central goal of this book is to teach the reader how to design user interfaces that will enable people to learn computer systems quickly and use them effectively, efficiently, and comfortably.” (Clayton Lewis and John Rieman 1993 – 1994)
Do Users Appreciate Good IA On Large Sites?
“We all know that a solid information architecture is required for a commercial site, right?” (Madhu Menon)
Mobile HCI 2001
Third International Workshop on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (IHM-HCI 2001 Lille France September 2001)
Device Independent Principles
“(…) to suggest that Web content and applications can be authored, generated or adapted for a better user experience” (Roger Gimson et al. – W3C Working Draft)
Information Architects and Their Central Role in Content Management
“(…) primary role of an IA is to take on the analysis and design tasks that are specially related to content.” (Rita Warren – ASIS&T Bulletin 28.1)
Improving Mobile Internet Usability
“(…) many of mobile internet systems are difficult to use, lack flexibility and robustness.” (George Buchanan et al. – WWW 10 2001)
Web Category Analysis Tool
“(…) to test a proposed or existing categorization scheme of a website to determine how well the categories and items are understood by users.” (NIST Web Metrics)
Complexity in the Interface Age
Criteria For Optimal Web Design
“The organization of information within websites is vital to its overall usefulness” (Michael L Bernard – SURL)
Information and Computation
“(…) The metaphor about information and computation is interesting.” (Lee Smolin – EDGE)
Patterns in Practice
A Workshop for UI Designers (Martijn van Welie et al. – CHI 2002)
Richard Saul Wurman
“(…) the singular passion of his life: that of making information understandable.” (Mark Wieman – frontwheeldrive)
Tutorial: Functional Specification
“A functional spec is a document detailing the client’s requirements for an application.” (mojofat)
A Smarter Web
“(…) a ‘Semantic Web’ that understands the meanings that underlie the tangle of information” (Mark Frauenfelder – MIT Technology Review)
User Interfaces and Visualization
“This chapter discusses user interfaces for communication between human information seekers and information retrieval systems.” (Matty Hearst – Modern Information Retrieval)
Boxes and Arrows
“(…) the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape.” (contact B&A)
Content as Navigation Tool
“(…) the journey is more important than the destination” (Christopher Schmitt – Digital Web Magazine)
Adaptive Hypertext Networks That Learn The Common Semantics Of Their Users
“The Internet is steadfastly becoming a highly popular medium for the distribution and communication of ideas and knowledge.” (Johan Bollen – VU Brussel BE)