#27180
随着数字产品产量的激增，包括了电脑、桌面应用程序、基于网络的应用程序，另外还有移动及嵌入式装置等等，用户对这些产品的用户体验(UX – User Experience)的质量决定了它们的成功与否。想要对非技术性的用户打造一个具有生命力，娱乐性及商业性的应用程序，一个简单易用的界面更是必不可少的。
Ashley, Jeremy and Kristin Desmond. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>User Centered Design>Project Management>User Experience
#27181
#27178
残障人士法案要求所提供的服务不得歧视残障人士。一个网站被认为是一种服务，因而受这一法案约束，所以必须对每个人具备无障碍性。 一些团体正在对他们的网站进行无障碍性改进，但是许多团体看起来没有采取行动。残障人士不会进入他们的网站，他们说，那为什么要在乎这些。
Moss, Trenton. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Web Design>Accessibility>United Kingdom
#27174
是不是应该选择Flash? - HTML与FLASH可用性与用户参与
在博物馆站点开发者面临的许多挑战中，可用性和参与性名列前茅。许多开发者采用macromedia公司的Flash作为有力的开发工具，他相比 HTML更具交互能力和多媒体特性。这篇论文对比评价了同一站点的Flash和HTML版本，集中比较了每一版本的用户目的信息搜索，行为和反映。我们然后比较了两个版本的操作阻力，任务完成时间，用户满意度和定性访谈。 测试发现了两个版本站点在青少年群体和成年群体之间的显著差异。结果颇有价值地显示了Flash和HTML的相对优势和弱点。虽然我们不能从单一案例的研究得出广泛的结论，但是这些数据可以帮助我们开始关于发展中初步标准和基础框架的讨论，这些标准和框架可以为博物馆站点的开发者面对的大量的选择Flash还是HTML的情境提供建议原理。
Schaller, David T., Steven Allison-Bunnell, Anthony Chow, Paul Marty and Misook Heo. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Web Design>Usability>Flash
#26958
我正坐在百老汇的一间咖啡厅里写这篇文章。我坐在这里已经有一会了，写文章，回邮件，用手机和我的客户联系，看着窗外移动的世界，享受着 3美元一杯的咖啡。昨天晚上，我很荣幸作为嘉宾出席了在纽约市举行的的设计与营销的学术会议。那是一个美好的夜晚，我的演讲收到了很好的效果。会议结束后，组织部门的工作人员将我领到了离时代广场差不多一个街区远的一家非常棒的餐厅用餐。在享受美味的晚餐的同时，我们的话题自然地就转到了设计和推广出色的产品与服务上。谈了一会后，其中一个人问我，在我看来哪个设计是永远伟大的的设计。
Jordan, Pat. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Usability>User Interface
#26905
草图和原型是产品的整个设计过程中不可缺少的一个环节，这对设计概念的产生，以及和他人进行讨论和评价时都十分重要，尤其是在以用户为中心设计的情况下。原型的方法是设计教育的必修部分、是专家的工具包，但如果能够将这一过程展示给产品和界面开发过程中其他学科的人士，也具备巨大的价值。
Hanington, Bruce. uiGarden (2006). (Chinese) Articles>Web Design>User Interface
#27177
网络无障碍性是关于使你的网站让所有因特网用户（残障用户和正常用户）易于获得，不管他们使用什么浏览技术。除了符合相关法律法规， 具备无障碍性将让您的网站和商业受益良多。 请参阅文章，《具备无障碍性的网站的益处 – 第一部分 》和《具备无障碍性的网站的益处 – 第二部分 》以了解更多关于网站的无障碍性的重要性。
Moss, Trenton. uiGarden (2006). (Chinese) Design>Web Design>Accessibility
#26962
从心理学角度来讲，不同的颜色代表不同的意思。从这个观点出发，本文讨论网页界面中背景颜色和内容颜色的关系。了解这个关系，有利于：a) 为网页中不同的内容选择适合的颜色；b) 浏览网页时，可以方便的找到需要的内容。
Yuan, Xiaowei and Xiaoqin Wang. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
#26963
西方可用性指南在中国电子商务站点设计过程中的应用和文化差异考虑
摘要电子商务成功的关键是理解什么是使人们在网上购买东西的诱因，并且为他们提供方法进行购物交易。电子商务网页设计者必须充分理解目标市场的消费者行为。对于在线顾客的心理和期待的研究不仅能够帮助消费者和电子商务，而且可以帮助支持提供这些商务设备和电信基础设施的制造者。这篇文章将讨论我们在我们研究中遇到的一些事项：1）理解是什么促使中国消费者在线消费。2）西方网络可用性指南是否适合于中国的消费者
Tham, Ming-Po, Guomei Zhou and Xiaolan Fu. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Articles>Usability>Localization>E Commerce
#26960
在我们着手开始内部网（译者注：本文中提到的内部网一词，指的是企事业单位中内部网中的在线应用，不是指硬件构架）或网站设计项目时，最重要的一点是了解用户需求。只有如此才有可能确定出产品功能和特色，最后保证项目的成功；也只有如此，才有可能保证设计出来的东西可以服务于不同级别和具有不同目标的用户。
Calabria, Tina. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Articles>Usability>User Centered Design>Personas
#26956
在‘三层模型’中，一个表单有三种属性：感知（布局）、对话（问题和回答）、和关系（任务的结构）。
Jarrett, Caroline. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Document Design>Forms
#26906
为什么要保证我们的软件产品或应用程序中的文本、图像和字体、布局等问题呢，因为我们用户的终端显示设备通常型号和设置各异，如最近出现的16˙9，低于 8”的等最新款式移动手提电脑，我们的应用程序和软件产品通常会在这样的终端变得面目全非，而这显然给用户的使用带来了严重的问题，直接导致的问题如：操作易用性Usability、功能可接近性Accessibility、文本可读性Readability 等，而这样的问题并非不可逾越，要解决如何让我们的应用程序在高分辨率的显示下仍然保持正常可视，重点需要解决四个方面的问题文本和字体、图像（图形、图标和鼠标指针）、版面设置和重绘等。
Liu, Steven. uiGarden (2006). (Chinese) Articles>User Interface>Human Computer Interaction
#26964
短信服务（SMS）是一个典型的迷人应用。不仅流行而且有利可图，给网络运行商带来了丰厚的收入。甚至还有强大的铃声下载，信息提醒以及交互式游戏的销售后市场。有意思的是，这样一个成功的产品在技术上是如此的被轻视。就所有的关于SMS市场的狂热的讨论来说，产品在最近几年中基本就没有变化。根据它的成功表现，业界应该投入更多的努力来理解SMS带给消费者的价值，并且推出能够延伸这种价值的新服务。
Jenson, Scott. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Usability>User Centered Design
#31836
Universal Design can be thought of as a contemporary philosophical movement that addresses trends in the growth of the aging population and diversification of user abilities around the world. Stakeholders rely on designers, planners and managers as decision makers leading the drive to create non-segregated environments that help users and eliminate the stigma of disability. However, it seems necessary that everyone involved in the design process becomes aware and willing to bring about change. Therefore, the preparation of design students as well as users to understand the scope of Universal Design must be based on strategies that counteract the continuation of the stigma of disability in the mindset of designers and others who can bring about the changes required to create a more inclusive world.
Guimaraes, Marcelo. uiGarden (2008). Articles>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
#30793
The Application of Model Matching Principle in User Interface Design: Part 1
By its nature, all UI consists of two parts: input and output. When designing output information, the matching between system model and conceptual model actually results in another commonly used UI design principle: 'use users' language'. To be more specific, when displaying information to users, such as prompt messages or error messages, the words or terms used should be understandable to users.
Zhang, Liang. uiGarden (2008). Design>User Interface
#30794
The Application of Model Matching Principle in User Interface Design: Part 2
For programmers, a programming language is a software tool. Its interface consists of its lexicon, grammar and semantic rules. From this view, using a language to do programming is actually using that tool to accomplish something. As we will see shortly, different languages vary greatly in the degree of how they get close to programmer's conceptual model.
Zhang, Liang. uiGarden (2008). Design>User Interface>Semantic
#28535
Budgeting for Advertising and Customer Experience
The most effective companies realize that they can't succeed on advertising alone; the customer matters.
Hurst, Mark. uiGarden (2007). Articles>Web Design>Usability>User Experience
#28093
The Bull's-Eye: A Framework for Web Application User Interface Design Guidelines
A multi-leveled framework for user interface design guidelines of Web applications is presented. User interface design guidelines tend to provide information that is either too general, so that it is difficult to apply to a specific case, or too specific, so that a wide range of products is not supported. The framework presented is unique in that it provides a bridge between the two extremes. It has been dubbed the "Bull's-Eye' due to its five layers, represented as concentric circles. The center of the Bull's-Eye is the Component layer, followed by Page Templates, Page Flows, Interface Models and Patterns, and Overarching Features and Principles. To support this approach,requirements were gathered from user interface designers,product managers, UI developers, and product developers. Also, usability testing of the guidelines occurred on several levels, from broad guideline tests to more specific product tests. The guidelines and lessons learned are intended to serve as examples for others seeking to design families of Web applications or Web sites.
Beier, Betsy and Misha W. Vaughan. uiGarden (2006). Articles>Web Design>User Interface
#28035
Can Designers Save the World (and Should They Try?)
Designers are clearly more self-conscious about their social role today than they have been at any time in the last 20 years, yet the lack of substance of the critics who have come to the fore, and the issues on which it is chosen to take a stand, reflect a political agenda that is set elsewhere. There are many areas of life in which designers can make a real difference, but we need to look first at why they are taking themselves so seriously in the noughties.
Macdonald, Nico. uiGarden (2006). Articles>Graphic Design>Cultural Theory>Politics
#26785
A Car for All - or Mobility for All? Part I
Population aging and environmental concern are two important factors that will effect the design of vehicles in the future. In response to the potential conflict between them, the authors propose a shift in focus from individual vehicles to transport services, from '€˜A Car for All'€™ to '€˜Mobility for All'€™, and offer strategies, scenarios and case studies of how this might be achieved. New service and vehicle typologies are introduced and discussed, and an area of future research and development is identified.
Coleman, Roger and Dale Harrow. uiGarden (2006). Articles>Usability>User Interface
#28034
As a usability professional, there are many reasons why you might speak with your CEO or other senior leaders. For example, you might need funding for a new laboratory or testing equipment. You might also need to justify current or future expenses, such as salaries, end user remuneration, or your travel budget. Most conversations are financial in nature.
Rhodes, John S. and Daniel Szuc. uiGarden (2006). Articles>Usability>Management
#27961
Chinese Banks Homepage Usability Research Report
The homepages of three leading Chinese retail banks are assessed for their usability.
Zhao, Ming. uiGarden (2006). Articles>Web Design>Usability>E Commerce
#28317
Co-Design, China, and the Commercialization of the Mobile User Interface
The mobile user interface is becoming a key differentiator for mobile telephony devices and services. The increased focus on usable, emotive, and branded user interfaces is the result of three key drivers.
Williams, David M.L. uiGarden (2006). Articles>User Interface>Ubiquitous Computing>China
#25395
Psychologically speaking, different color has different meaning. From this point, this article focuses on the relationship between the background color and content of the web interface.
uiGarden (2005). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
#31571
The Concept of Universal Design
The idea that environments can support human function is not new to designers. But, the perception that design can enable one’s abilities and participation in society is something relatively new from a consumer perspective.
Steinfeld, Edward. uiGarden (2008). Design>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
