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This site features general advice, tips, guidelines, articles and tutorials on subjects related to usability and technical communication. The content is aimed at students and professionals who are looking for quick, easy-to-follow guideance about better usability and technical communication.
Lanier, Clinton R. sense and usability (2007). Resources>Usability>TC>Blogs
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The main aim of this group is to interact with all the technical writers working in India. This is a forum to support for the cause of writing for different mediums and exploring various genres of writing.
Prabhakar, Rahul. Yahoo (2004). Resources>Mailing Lists>Technical Writing>Usability
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Tools of the UX Trade searches the Web for software, books, services, and other resources for user experience practitioners.
Deaton, Mary M. Tools of the UX Trade. Resources>Usability>User Experience>Blogs
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Welcome to the UCD Decision Matrix Website. This is a tool that provides information about how user-centered design practitioners around the world have had success and failure integrating their processes into the product development lifecycle.
Gunther, Rich, Jeff Janis and Scott Butler. OVO Studios (2001). Resources>Usability>User Centered Design
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Universal Design Custom Bibliography Tool
A bibliography of writings about universal design.
University of Wisconsin. Resources>Bibliographies>Accessibility>Universal Usability
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Universal Design Information Resources
The following are lists of Web sites that Trace Center staff have found particularly useful. The resources listed in turn contain links to many other excellent sites.
University of Wisconsin. Resources>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
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Universal Usability in Practice
The goal of universal usability is to enable the widest range of users to benefit from web services. This website contains recommendations and information resources for web developers who wish to accommodate users with slow modems, small screens, text-only, and wireless devices. It deals with content design issues such as translation to other languages, plus access for novice, low educated and low motivated users, children and elders. The website also covers design guidance for blind, deaf, cognitively impaired, and physically disabled users. Each article has practical guidelines, web site examples, links to organizations, and a bibliography.
Ceaparu, Irina and Dina Demner. Universal Usability. Resources>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
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L'usabilité n'est pas usinable. Les règles dominant l'ergonomie des sites Internet sont en mouvement. Seule une veille permanente, d'analyse et de réflexion permet de dégager les principes de conception de pages Web attractives et cohérentes, aptes à favoriser la transformation visiteur/client.
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Сайт Ярослава Перевалова, посвященный юзабилити. Есть ссылки на работы по HCI, и форум для обсуждения вопросов эргономики.
Perevalov, Yaroslav. Usability.ru. (Russian) Resources>Usability>Regional>Russia
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Usability and Usability Testing
A compilation of usability, usability testing, and user-centered design resources by Usernomics.
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Provides a basic overview of and general information about usability.
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You may find these crosswords useful for your training courses, to raise awareness of usability in your team, or just for something to do over coffee. You are free to use them for any purpose, so long as the copyright remains intact.
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This website provides information and resources for key issues related to usability in website and software design. We believe that helping people do their work in an effective and enjoyable way should be the top priority in design because if a product is not usable, people will not use it.
Diamond Bullet Design (1996). Resources>User Interface>Usability>Web Design
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The Usability Links listed below provide a selection of some of the most useful pages we've found on the Web pertaining to usability.
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Unregelmäßig erscheinende Artikel über die aktuellen Problemen in Bereich Ergonomie/Usability und die mögliche Lösungen.
Sedelnikov, Andrei. Usability Gesucht. (German) Resources>Usability>User Centered Design>Blogs
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This is a searchable online glossary of usability terms.
Usability First (2006). Resources>Usability>Glossary
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A short glossary of terms used in the field of usability.
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A bibliography of published books related to usability in website design.
Usability and Beyond. Resources>Bibliographies>Usability>Web Design
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Welcome to the Usability Methods Toolbox! I've attempted to compile information about almost all of the methods and techniques (well, ok, a lot of them) used in usability evaluation. I hope you find helpful information here, or at least a pointer to additional information that will help you find what you need. I'll be continually updating the site with new sources and info, so please send me feedback!
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Most people use Microsoft Excel to analyse the results of usability tests, but did you know you can use it to collect the data too? This spreadsheet allows you to measure task completion rates, analyse questionnaire data, and summarise participant comments. It even includes a timer so you can measure time-on-task.
Userfocus (2003). Resources>Usability>Testing>Microsoft Excel
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Usability Testing of Web Sites and Other Technological Media
The following resources address issues pertaining to usability testing of web sites and other technological media.
Temple University (2000). Resources>Bibliographies>Usability
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A collection of over 6,000 articles about usability, accessibility and user interface design in general.
McEvoy, Chris. Usability Views. Resources>Directories>Usability>United Kingdom
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A web portal for usability resources, in Dutch.
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A project funded by the European Union to promote usability and user-centered design.
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This is a method of summarising a large body of fairly short statements into a small statistical table in a report. The method described here presupposes a spreadsheet; you can find specialised computer programs for doing the same thing.
