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Usability Resources Overview
- Introductory Usability Resources
- Links to well-known usability sites for general learning on the field of usability.
- User Research
- An understanding of your audience is fundamental to the success of every marketing/communication effort. Find info on how to gather user research and how to use it to improve your Web site.
- Interface Design
- Designing an effective Web site means ensuring that the structure of the content is logical and predictable for users, and that the Web pages themselves adhere to usability principles and standards. Find methods and tutorials on designing effective information architectures and user interfaces.
- Usability Evaluation
- User-centred design also involves validating Web sites to ensure they satisfy user needs. Evaluations can be performed with representative end-users or usability experts, on live Web sites or on paper prototypes. Choose the right type of evaluation for your site.
Introductory Usability Resources
Introduction to Usability
Web sites and books from prominent usability gurus. They include excellent white papers, articles and small pieces for discussion.
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Knowing Users
User Research
User Profiles and Personas
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Interface Design
User Interface and Interaction Design
- Principles of Good GUI Design
- Indi Young Site Navigation: A Few Helpful Definitions
- Interaction Design Patterns
- Research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices
- Web Design References -- University of Minnisota
- UI Patterns and Techniques
- Documentation of the wide range of Web widgets
- Research Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines
- Web Usability Do's and Don't from Human Factors International UI Design Newsletter -- Dec 2002
- Downloadable how-to's on usable Web design
- Principles of Interaction Design
- Effective Use of Forms on Web Sites
- Myth of 800x600
- The Design of Sites, Douglas K. van Duyne
- Mapping Websites: Digital Media Design, Paul Kahn and Krzysztof Lenk
- Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself, Kelly Braun
- A Primer of Visual Literacy, Donis. A Dondis
- Elements of User Experience, Jesse James Garrett
- Site Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability, Luke Wroblewski
- Web Redesign: Workflow that Works, Kelly Goto
- Train of Thoughts, John Lenker
- Designing Visual Interfaces, Mullet and Sano
- Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
- Building Accessible Web Sites, Joe Clark
- Submit Now: Building Persuasive Websites, Andrew Chak
Information Architecture Design
Paper Prototyping
Accessibility
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Usability Evaluation