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Site v3.0 Site Search Agile Management Favorite Links Syndicate Blog Archive Featured BlogEntry Friday, May 21, 2004 These days, I'm a lot better known for my writing on agile processes and management than for anything I ever tried to do in user interface design
So how is this relevant to UI design, usability and interaction? Good question
Somewhat surprising some of the web design community actually feel he is adding value
This from Design By Fire gives it the thumbs up but suggests that it is time for a makeover at Jakob's own site
So they assemble their own fab five with a design eye for the usability guy
So, let's take a look at the link colors on this new look uidesign.net site..
Featured BlogEntry Tuesday, Apr 13, 2004 It's been a long time since ui design.net was a regular feature of my life
I still have an interest in good product design and excellence in user interfaces
Further, this paper demonstrates how many would be e-businesses, seduced by the lure of the emerging 'virtual-world' on the web, have ignored 40 years of accumulated wisdom in how to design usable information systems, and have seemingly forgotten that a satisfying 'user experience' is key to the successful implementation of any information system, particularly one in that operates in the public domain
User Interface Rupture
A paper that examine how the Unified Process takes into account interaction,
graphic design and usability. Includes references and related articles.
In , this webzine warned that the widespread adoption of RUP may mean the "death of UI design"
Why? Constantine and Lockwood write in their 2000 Paper, Structure and Style in Use Cases for User Interface Design, "For requirements engineering, use cases provide a concise medium for modeling user requirements; in the hands of user interface designers, use cases can become a powerful task model for understanding users needs" This on the whole appears to advocate Use Cases and explains their wide adoption
If you couple this to the reality that Use Cases are seldom, if ever, written by someone skilled in user interface design or interaction design, then it is easy to see why Use Cases lead to a system specification which is ill-considered from a user experience perspective
Simply take the Use Cases as a statement of requirement, extract from them a functional specification as a list of features, then as a separate exercise develop a UI design which meets the functional specification and leads to a superior user experience
Remember that Use Cases are a system-centric view of design
Is anyone noticing a theme here? The User is never ever considered important in Rational's thinking about design
AskTog: First Principles of Interaction Design
Bruce Tognazzini discusses basic prinicples of usability for both traditional
applications and web services.
Interaction Design Solutions for the Real World Search WWW Search asktog.com Principles First Principles of Interaction Design Jump to: The following principles are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments or the web
Of late, many web applications have reflected a lack of understanding of many of these principles of interaction design, to their great detriment
(There are, in fact, significant differences in their effects, but those differences have no real effect on interaction design.) While tritanopia is far more rare, it nonetheless rules out dependence on yellow-blue differentiation without secondary cues
Consistency The following principles, taken together, offer the interaction designer tremendous latitude in the evolution of a product without seriously disrupting those areas of consistency most important to the user
The overall "look" of a single application or service--splash screens, design elements
The great efficiency breakthroughs in software are to be found in the fundamental architecture of the system, not in the surface design of the interface
User Interface Design, Usability, Human Factors, & Ergonomics
Offering ergonomic design, safety, and marketing services. Useful links for
ergonomic training. Foster City, California.
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In short, we design for the user while keeping an eye on marketability
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Experiences -- A Pattern Language for User Interface Design
Article by Todd Coram and Jim Lee. A pattern language that can be used to generate
user centered software designs.
Experiences -- A Pattern Language for User Interface Design Todd Coram (tcoram@pobox.com) and Jim Lee (jlee@btg.com) Software design is the act of determining the user's experience with a piece of software
The designer's task is to specify completely and unambiguously the user's whole experience
-- David Liddle, Bringing Design to Software [Liddle96] [Top] Introduction Here are the beginnings of a pattern language that can be used to generate software designs which are user centered
By user centered, we mean software designs that place the user's experience first and foremost
It must be designed to heighten the users experience with software systems
Our primary focus is on the higher level patterns found in all good user interfaces: Patterns that help us design interfaces that provide the user with positive experiences using well engineered software systems
As a designer, realize when users become frustrated with a program, it is because they know what they want to do, but cannot because the program has a ``secret language'' that the user does not understand
The computer interface can be an unfamiliar and unnatural thing, but a well designed interface will minimize the gap between a user's goals and the knowledge required to use the interface
User Interface Engineering - Usability Research, Training, and ...
Provides usability consulting, research, training and conferences. Located in
Massachusetts, United States.
October 9-12, 2006 At UI11, you'll expose yourself to today's most important design topics, from experts including Luke Wroblewski, Nathan Shedroff, Rolf Molich, Jeff Patton, and Gerry McGovern
Instead of traveling to a training course, you and your colleagues can hear the latest insights on the most important design topics right from your office
In today&’s, Luke Wroblewski, a speaker, published a great article on the design of data tables in web applications
In today&’s, Luke Wroblewski, a speaker, published a great article on the design of data tables in web applications
8/28/06: As designers, we really need to understand how choice affects our users
We can make designs that give users all the options, or we can create designs that limit choices and guide users to success
What will work best for our users? See also: Our Most Popular Research Report! The Essentials Every Designer Needs to Know About How Users Navigate Through Large Web Sites By, and Clearly, one of the most proven, time-tested approaches to designing web sites, the Scent of Information is fundamental to understanding how to make your site truly effective for your users
Alertbox: Jakob Nielsen's Newsletter on Web Usability
Jakob Nielsen's bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on
simple and minimalist design based on real user needs.
content apps (October 15, 1997) How people (October 1, 1997) Difference between design (September 15, 1997) Why on the Web (except for which are better online than in print) (September 1, 1997) ; long live mega-collaboration (August 15, 1997) on the Web; how to use '' (August 1, 1997) usability (July 15, 1997) Effective use of (July 1, 1997) Top ten (June 15, 1997) The like Yahoo, Wall St
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design
Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.
(July 10) (June 26) (June 12) from 1995 to 2006 by email when a new Alertbox is published Reports > > > for usability (ROI) and Age groups:, Corporate sites: '', Film : how-to video (32 minute DVD) Books : The Practice of Simplicity : 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen by other authors Consulting Services offers usability, user, and a About Jakob Nielsen About This Site Why this site has almost and reprint rules News Call for Participation: Think you have a good intranet? Enter it for the competition to find the world's ten best-designed intranets
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User Interface Design GmbH (UID) - Usability Engineering, Grafik ...
Offers consultancy and software for usability engineering, visual and interaction
design, and Java based software development with a focus on interactive TV.
Die User Interface Design GmbH (UID) präsentiert sich dort am Gemeinschaftsstand der Firma Dokuwerk
Die User Interface Design GmbH sorgte dabei für eine - im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes - ausgezeichnete Gestaltung
Kompetenzen Usability Engineering analysieren, gestalten, testen Software Engineering prototypen, implementieren, spezifizieren Design entwerfen, visualisieren, differenzieren Branchen Enterprise Solutions Finanzdienstleister, Call Center, Kassensysteme Industry Solutions Engineeringsysteme, HMIs für Maschinen und Anlagen, ERP/PPS-Systeme Consumer Solutions Digital und Enhanced TV, Smarte Haustechnologie, Unterhaltungselektronik Web Solutions E-Commerce, E-Government, Informationsportale Medical Solutions Diagnostische Software, lebenserhaltende Systeme, Labor- und Krankenhausinformationssysteme © User Interface Design GmbH 2006
SAP Design Guild -- Usability, User Interface Design&Visual Design
Stage for UI people: exchange information and opinions on visual and user interface
design issues regarding SAP.
| About this Site On this Website, maintained by SAP User Experience, SAP AG offers its public user interface design resources
: A year ago, many of the usability and user interface design-related resources at SAP were reorganized under Dan Rosenberg
His revamped, centralized SAP group now focuses on an enhanced user-centered design process, a leitmotif expressed in the group’s new name: “User Experience.” Achieving and delivering this positive user experience is part science, part art, and a good deal of engineering
: In this report, the author explores the more intangible benefits and drawbacks of globalization from a UI designer’s point of view
SAP Usability Activities Want to take part in SAP Usability Activities? Job Offers Interested in jobs in the User Experience field at SAP? Site News 07/17/06 : published 07/06/06 : New published &• available 06/26/06 : published in Stories 06/23/06 : on User Experience and SAP UCD published in Stories 05/11/06 : New published 04/12/06 : New on global teams published Newsletter to the SAP Design Guild Newsletter | Questions or comments about the Web site? Contact the SAP Design Guild Team at
Group for User Interface Research
User interface research on pen, tangible, speech, and multimodal interfaces.
United States.
We developed an airflow hazard visualization system for helicopter pilots by following user-centered design principles
This paper presents a user-centered design process for Active Capture systems
The display technique is designed to help participants identify positions, arguments, and evidence, and make clarifications and corrections
Design Expo Paper This paper describes the design process and general design principles related to two new pieces of technology: PRISM (a digital video lecture system with support for peer interaction and concept testing) and LOTIS (a digital library indexing system that uses intelligent agents to extract keywords, suggest learning goals, and dynamically package learning objects)
More Featured Papers : | DENIM is a system that helps web site designers in the early stages of design
DENIM supports sketching input, allows design at different refinement levels, and unifies the levels through zooming
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Paul D. Hibbitts: User Interface Design, Interaction Design, Local ...
Provides user interface design services, including usability evaluations and
education. Located in Canada.
Hibbitts is a usability/user interface design specialist and university instructor based in Vancouver, BC
Through Hibbitts Design and this website, anyone interested in making better software can benefit from Paul’s 12 years of design experience
Or, you are interested in learning more about user interface design, or in how to make usability design (also called user-centered design) part of your development process
View the to see various examples of Paul’s design work
Explore the world of usability and design through Paul’s extensive
Find out about the services offered by Hibbitts Design: Participating in a Hibbitts Design project? Access the (username and password required)
Usable Interface : Usability and User Interface Design Consulting ...
The portfolio and resume of Kyle Pero, a usability analyst, interaction designer,
and information architect consultant based in Pennsylvania, USA.
Usable Interface is an independent consulting company specializing in website usability and user interface design
She shared her knowledge and methodology to help us incorporate user-centered design and testing in future projects. Director, eBusiness Communications Robert Bonsall Penn Mutual 'Kyle's professionalism and dedication to delivering quality at every milestone enable our UE team to meet and exceed the business's expectations relative to user testing, interaction design and user research
Susan Kare User Interface Graphics
Home to the mother of Mac icons.
User Interface Designs
Discussion of UI and interaction design. Design examples, forums, and list of
related readings.
UI Designs Designing From Both Sides of the Screen UI Designs is devoted to information and discussion about the design of cooperative technology
&— Ellen Isaacs and Alan Walendowski Designing From Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology By Ellen Isaacs and Alan Walendowski Written from the perspectives of both a user interface designer and a software engineer, this practical guide shows you how to make technology that cooperates with people
It begins by describing a set of design principles that apply to a broad range of technologies &— handheld, wireless, and embedded devices in addition to desktop and Web software
These principles are illustrated with many positive and negative examples from existing products, showing how good designs help you flow in your task and don't get in the way
Since design principles do not show you how to build cooperative technology, the book goes on to show how these principles are applied in practice during the design and development process
By discussing a realistic example, they are able to describe the many subtle tradeoffs that arise between design and engineering goals
HCI Bibliography : Human-Computer Interaction / User Interface ...
A list of publications and resources on human-computer interaction.
Raizlabs - Photo software, interface design. Simple solutions for ...
Offers design, hosting and custom programming. Based in Massachusetts, United States.
We strive to create friendly user interface designs that make software easy and intuitive to use
Learn more about our core principals of interface design and contact us for your Raizlabs © 2006 | New website launched
Graphic Design, Web Site Design, GUI, User Interface, Usability ...
Offers web design, Flash animation and scripting, photography, video and audio
production, graphic and print design. Based in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Web site design, Web development, Flash, ActionScript, animation, interactivity, interactive design, user interface design, graphical user interface design, GUI, GUI design, presentations, interactive computer based training; information graphics; corporate identity design, logo design, photo imaging, illustration, animation, usability consulting, e-commerce, Internet marketing, search engine optimizationteg ies
User interface design, user interaction design, user-focused ...
Software design, programming, documentation, and review. White papers and other
collaterals. Web site design and writing. Located in California, USA.
User Interface Design / Web Content Copywriting Extra Stuff Web content copywriting Your site visitors need to be persuaded, very quickly, that you have what they want
" Sindy Braun, Director of Web Marketing, WebEx User interface design for applications Today, almost half of the code in software applications is devoted to the user interface
Who's designing yours? All too often the answer is no one
Or the user interface design falls to the product managers or the programmers
Unfortunately, this often really means that no one is designing it&—it just is
I've worked on web applications, Windows' products, and handheld designs
" The UI design that Ellen produced for us not only was overwhelmingly approved by our client , but served the basis for the engineering teams development work that saved us countless hours ." Paul Wise, Bear River What can I do for you? or today to set up a meeting to discuss how we can work together to or write focused compelling
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