5 Cool Usability folks to follow on Twitter @IATV Jan Jursa from Prague @janepyle Jane Pyle focusing on iPad and iPhone @dav_hamill David Hamill UX who loves to bike @usabilitygal Usability Gal who loves baking cakes. @dburka Daniel Burka from Tiny Speck Share a List with Listy.me
Usability and Software Architecture, the Forgotten Problems
YouTube – Usability and Software Architecture: The Forgotten Problems.
Stop Password Masking (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn’t even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures. via Stop Password Masking (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).
How you’ll interact with your computer in 5 years.
I predict in 5 years (hopefully sooner), the keyboard and mouse will be a thing of the past.
Appendant Blog » Employmentguide.com Usability Review
Took a cue from Cheezhead today and trotted over to the newly redesigned Employmentguide.com. While it does have a much more …vibrant look (the front page is busier than Jackee from 227), it seems like it might just be a nip/tuck job as opposed This Old House. Very interested in this tidbit: Said vice president [...]
4 steps to building simple software using a child.
My 10 year old daughter has been my “usability tester” on virtually every application I have built over the last 4 years. Usually, I do not have the money nor the time for formal usability group testing, instead I figure “if my daughter can solve various tasks in my product – then at least 80% [...]
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