Here is a PDF document based on the research by Shumin Zhai, an IBM Research Staff Member, which extends the law developed by Fitts in 1954. Fitts Law is a …
Don Norman on HumanML
Don Norman has added to the CHI-Web discussion today by commenting that HumanML is one of the most misguided initiatives he has ever seen (Well, there goes that idea I …
An Engineering vs. User centered remote control
Webword posts a nice link to an article which introduces the differences between Engineering-centered design and User-centered design, by commenting on the remote control of a VCD player.
Peterme on Usability does not equal User Experience
Peter Merholz from Adaptive Path, has written an interesting blog entry with great user comments titled, Usability != User Experience. The blog looks at the definition of what exactly is …
The theory behind User Interface Design
Here are two interesting articles by Mauro Marinilli on User Interface Design commenting on Usability Heuristics such as, knowing your user, minimising load, maintaining consistency following standards and displaying system …
Information Architecture and Findability
I came across this really interesting 2002 article by Peter Morville titled, The Age of Findability, which comments on the importance of information delivery and result relevance in information design. …
Beta testing TypePad
I’m currently Beta testing the forthcoming TypePad publishing system by the makers of MovableType, Six Apart. If you want to know what I’m up to, you can visit the site …
A review of Ani Phyo new book – Return On Design
There is a great review by James McNally of Ani Phyo’s new Return On Design book in Digital Web Magazine. The book is one of the first I have come …
IBM Developer Works asks users to test their new website
IBM Developer Works are previewing their new prototype website and are asking users to look at their upcoming site and comment on their structure, navigation and experience. They have listed …
From a Computer-Centric to a User-Centric OSX Finder
Here is the Apple keynote by Steve Jobs at the WWDC, Worldwide Developers Conference from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, US available in QuickTime. With a few self promos …
Designers and their communicative process
Luke Wroblewski, guest writer this month in Signal Vs. Noise and author of the usability book Site-seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability posts a few links also on a …
What is meant by Captcha?
For a few months now I’ve been visiting a site called Word Spy, if you haven’t heard of it, it’s a great site by Paul McFedries which identifies recently coined …
Identified trends from the CHI 2003 conference
Here is a nice summary by SAP Design Guild of the new and old trends identified from CHI 2003 New Horizons Conference held in Florida, US in May. Some identified …
IBM’s Exploratory user interface design website
I came across the other day IBM’s Exploratory user interface design microsite, which shows examples of interface solutions that extend beyond the traditional graphical user interface (GUI) models and explores …
Cognitive & Heuristics books I would like to read
I’ve just completed a HCI post-graduate subject which taught me a lot about the process of Heuristical Analysis and Usability of interfaces and devices. I did a little search online …