2004 Usability Useful sites Archive

The Usability and Accessibility Working Group

Published: Fri Oct 1st, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

The new website of this working group of the British Web Design and Marketing Association is primarily aimed at creating an Accessibility Accreditation Scheme for UK sites. An idea that might be worth pursuing.

Link: http://www.ua-wg.org/

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Semantic Studios

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Information architecture and user experience consultancy led by Peter Morville.

Link: http://semanticstudios.com/

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UIAccess

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Resources for usable accessibility.

Link: http://www.uiaccess.com/

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Cooper

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Alan Cooper is one of the most inspirational figures working in IT today, and his company does some of the best, most usable product software and web design out there.

Link: http://www.cooper.com

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Web word

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: John Wood

Another blog, this time usability related. This is a geeat source of news, views and information on usability.

Link: http://www.webword.com

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The Usability Methods Toolbox

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: John Wood

A list of the many techniques used in the usability field with descriptions of each and links to further information. This site also provides a useful bibliography of books on many usability-related subjects. A great reference tool.

Link: http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/

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Louis Rosenfeld

Published: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 | Posted By: John Wood

This is the guy who wrote the book on information architecture. It's published by O'Reilly and should be on every usability practitioners bookshelf. His site expands on the work in the book and is a great resource.

Link: http://www.louisrosenfeld.com

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Signal vs Noise

Published: Sun Sep 5th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

News and comments from usability and information architecture experts 37 signals.

Link: http://www.37signals.com/svn/

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InfoDesign

Published: Wed Jul 7th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Valuable resource offering not just news but events, listings of companies and educational opportunities in the areas of information architecture, usability and accessibility.

Link: http://www.informationdesign.org/

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Memex 1.1

Published: Wed Jul 7th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

The online diary of John Naughton, Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and long-standing technology journalist for the Observer. Thoughtful and approachable in equal measure.

Link: http://www.skillbytes.co.uk/memex/

Categories: Content » Useful sites , Strategy & Process » Useful sites , Usability » Useful sites

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Web Standards Awards

Published: Wed Jul 7th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

'The Web Standards Awards aims to promote web site design using W3C standards by seeking out and highlighting the finest standards-compliant sites on the Internet.' Does what it says on the tin.

Link: http://www.webstandardsawards.com

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Don Norman

Published: Mon Apr 19th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Jakob Nielsen's partner at Nielsen Norman Group usability experts has his own site on design issues for 'writings, muses, and recommended readings'.

Link: http://www.jnd.org/

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Asilomar Institure for Information Architecture

Published: Fri Apr 16th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Non-profit body 'dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture'. The site offers regular news and valuable project documentation and tools.

Link: http://www.aifia.org/

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This is Broken

Published: Fri Apr 16th, 2004 | Posted By: David Moore

Simple but effective site where users contribute nominations for websites, objects or places that are broken from a usability perspective. From the iron that has instructions written on the bottom, so you pour hot water over your feet while reading them, to the most bizarre software error messages, this is an excellent place for revelling in bad design.

Link: http://www.thisisbroken.com/

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