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Links about Usability methodology
Usability Design: overview and applications
- Usability and human factors (Monash University)
- Usability Glossary (Usability First)
- Usability Myths Need Reality Checks (User Interface Engineering)
- Testing the Three-Click Rule (User Interface Engineering)
- As the Page Scrolls (User Interface Engineering)
- The Usability Methods Toolbox (overzicht van zowat alle UID-methodes)
- Usability Basics (Usability.gov) (Zeer goed overzicht van heel wat methodes)
- User Centred Design methods (Serco Usability Services)
- Tools and methods table (Usabilitynet.org) (Duidelijke inleiding in de verschillende methodes, gestructureerd volgens de stappen in het ontwikkelingsproces)
- Information and design's usability resources (voorbeeldformulieren voor de verschillende stappen in het usability design proces: analyse, ontwerp en evaluatie)
- Usability @ MIT (vooral interessante instructies voor card-sorting en een lijst met usability guidelines voor websites)
- The Myth of "Seven, Plus or Minus 2" (Dr. Dobb's)
- Applying the Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences to Products (Don Norman)
- Aspects of Human Cognition (HCI Helper)
- Field Studies: The Best Tool to Discover User Needs (User Interface Engineering)
- 5 Things to Know About Users (User Interface Engineering)
- Personas: Matching a Design to the Users' Goals (User Interface Engineering)
- Designing for the Multiple Personalities of Users (User Interface Engineering)
- Creating Web Site Designs Based on User Expectations and Feedback (Internetworking) (Naast gebruikersanalyse ook tips in verband met card sorting en wireframes)
- Using Personas: bringing users alive (STC Usability SIG)
- Persona Creation and Usage Toolkit - PDF (George Olson)
- HF Design Recommendations: Task Analysis (duidelijk overzicht van wat taakanalyse is, en hoe je taakanalyse praktisch aanpakt. Hoewel toegepast op mijnbouw (!), is het toch breed genoeg om algemeen toe te passen)
- Task Analysis (The Delta Method Handbook)
- Development Methods: User Needs Assessment & Task Analyses (Charm development methods)
Technical analysis and formal design methods
- UI RUPture. Can Rational Unified Process really facilitate a better experience? (UIDesign.net)
- Use Case to User Interface: Ensuring Usable Design (UCDesign)
- Bridging Conceptual Gaps (User Interface Engineering)
- Conceptual Design (The Delta Method Handbook)
- Three models: the user's conceptual model, the designer's model, and the programmer's model (IBM Ease of Use)
- What's your idea of a mental model? (Boxes and arrows)
- Klassieke IA Tools (PDF - 1MB - handig document met belangrijkste IA-methodes)
- WebCAT: category analysis tool for card sorting (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Immersed in Structure: The Meaning and Function of Taxonomies (Internetworking)
- Good Information Architecture Increases Online Sales (Sitepoint)
- Boxes and Arrows: Defining Information Architecture Deliverables (Sitepoint) (met ook aandacht voor conceptueel ontwerp, gebruikersanalyse en taakanalyse)
- Information architecture tutorial (Webmonkey)
- Argus Center for Information Architecture (wordt niet meer geüpdated, maar bevat nog steeds nuttige informatie)
- Essential Navigation Checklists for Web Design (Sitepoint)
- Design Effective Navigation in 10 Steps (Sitepoint)
- Using Paper Prototypes to Manage Risk (User Interface Engineering)
- Five Paper Prototyping Tips (User Interface Engineering)
- Paper Prototypes: Still Our Favorite (User Interface Engineering)
- Atom Smasher's error message generator (maak zelf foutboodschappen - grappige voorbeelden in de gallerij)
- Gratis brochure met GUI standaarden (Human Factors International)
- Gratis brochure met intranet standaarden (Human Factors International)
- Yale Web Style Guide
- How a blind person will "see" your Web page – audio comparison of inaccessible and accessible Web pages (Human Factors International)
- Accessibility Resources bij Usability.gov (zeer volledige lijst met informatie en testing-tools voor accessibility van websites)
- Internet Sources providing advice to service and system designers concerning good design principles (uitgebreide lijst met informatie in verband met accessible design)
- The Value of an Expert Review and 5-Step Checklist (gratis whitepaper bij Human Factors International)
- Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines (Usability.gov)
- WebSAT: Static Analyzer Tool for automatic Usability Evaluation (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Heuristic Evaluation - a Step By Step Guide (Sitepoint)
- Usability Evaluation Methods
- Usability Testing Best Practices: An Interview with Rolf Molich (User Interface Engineering)
- Seven common usability testing mistakes (User Interface Engineering)
- Eight Is Not Enough (User Interface Engineering)
- Questionnaires in Usability Engineering - Frequently Asked Questions (Human Factors Research Group)
- Docs in the Real World (User Interface Engineering)
- Six Slick Tests for Docs and Help (User Interface Engineering)
- Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook
- EPSScentral - Calculating ROI
- I-Design Using Web site traffic as a design tool
- Measuring the Value of User Centered Development
- Moving WebWord A Business Case for Usability
- Return on Investment for Usability Projects
- ROI of usability - a collection of links
- Spin Group Resources - Usability > Cost justification & benefits
- The list of reasons why ease of use doesn't happen on engineering projects - UIWEB.COM
- The Usability Company Our Approach Return on Investment
- Value (Topic at Usable Web)
- ROI of Usability - Rashmi Sinha's Website (veel links naar informatie over ROI van Usability Design)
- This is broken
(Voorbeelden van slechte ontwerpen in het alledaagse leven) - GUI Bloopers (Jeff Johnson)
- Bad Ergonomics (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter)
- The Interface Hall of Shame en The Interface Hall of Fame
- Bad Designs
- Web pages that suck
- Usability Humor (Usability First)
