ID

Topic

Usefulness

Description

URL

778

Usability

Resource

Usability is not the same as graphic design

http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/index_frame.html?content=meads_usb.htm

779

Usability

News

Human-Factors Newsgroup

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&group=comp.human-factors

780

Usability

Resource

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

http://hfes.org/

781

Usability

Resource

Web Style Guide - from Yale

http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html

782

Usability

Reference

Usability Engineering Bibliography

http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/biblio.htm

783

Usability

Overview

Excellent brief overview of Usability Engineering

http://mind-hive.com/handbook/faq.html

784

Usability

Overview

Usability Testing of World Wide Web Sites

http://stats.bls.gov/ore/htm_papers/st960150.htm

785

Usability

Resource

Web accessibilty - for the handicapped

http://trace.wisc.edu/

786

Usability

Overview

Likert scaling - one way to create a questionnaire

http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/scallik.htm

787

Usability

Resource

Hundreds of links to sites about usability - great

http://usableweb.com/

788

Usability

Overview

Guerrilla Human Computer Interaction - Nielsen

http://useit.com/papers/guerrilla_hci.html

789

Usability

Resource

Info and news about usability

http://webdesign.about.com/cs/usability/index.htm

790

Usability

Example

User test described

http://webreview.com/1997/05_30/strategists/05_30_97_8.shtml

791

Usability

Overview

Site Usabilty Evaluation article

http://webreview.com/1997/10_10/strategists/10_10_97_1.shtml

792

Usability

Reference

“User Interface Engineering: news, articles”

http://world.std.com/~uieweb/

793

Usability

Resource

Sp. Interest Grp. on Computer-Human Interaction

http://www.acm.org/sigchi/

794

Usability

Reference

Amer. Psychological Assn. - career info

http://www.apa.org/divisions/div21/Career_Education/career_education.html

795

Usability

Resource

User testing

http://www.builder.com/Graphics/Evaluation/

796

Usability

Resource

Usabiltiy Tips

http://www.builder.com/Graphics/UserInterface/

797

Usability

Resource

Univ. of Maryland Human-Computer Interaction Lab

http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/

798

Usability

Reference

Tips on making Flash more usable

http://www.ftpconferences.com/thunderlizard/flashtips.asp

799

Usability

Resource

Links to HCI Sites (Human-Computer Interaction)

http://www.hcibib.org/hci-sites/

800

Usability

Resource

Industrial Design Soc. (see Human Factors section)

http://www.idsa.org/

801

Usability

Resource

“Usabilty Engineering, in depth bibliography”

http://www.it-c.dk/courses/UE/F2001/bibliography/supplementary.html

802

Usability

Resource

Microsoft’s usability pages

http://www.microsoft.com/usability/

803

Usability

Example

L.A. Musuem of Contemporary Art

http://www.moca-la.org/

804

Usability

Overview

Overview: Usability and the Web

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/1/p1-260-e.html

805

Usability

Overview

The Usability Lab at OCLC and how it works

http://www.oclc.org/oclc/new/n229/ulab.html

806

Usability

Overview

A definition of heuristics

http://www.oclc.org/usability/heuristic/index.htm

807

Usability

Overview

OCLC’s: How to conduct a heuristic evaluation

http://www.oclc.org/usability/heuristic/oclc.htm

808

Usability

Reference

OCLC’s severity ratings for usabilty problems

http://www.oclc.org/usability/heuristic/scales.htm

809

Usability

Reference

14 usabilty heuristics from Online Comp. Libr. Ctr.

http://www.oclc.org/usability/heuristic/set.htm

810

Usability

Overview

Prototyping for usability testing

http://www.oclc.org/usability/prototyping/index.htm

811

Usability

Overview

Usability Testing at OCLC - how they do it

http://www.oclc.org/usability/testing/oclc.htm

812

Usability

Resource

All About Questionnaires in Usability Engineering

http://www.ucc.ie/hfrg/resources/qfaq1.html

813

Usability

News

User Interface News - rec. by Nielsen

http://www.uiweb.com/

814

Usability

Resource

Usability Professionals Association - Excellent

http://www.upassoc.org/

815

Usability

Resource

Web usability Jakob Nielsen’s site

http://www.useit.com/

816

Usability

Resource

Nielsen’s Articles

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

817

Usability

Reference

Why you only need 5 testers

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html

818

Usability

Overview

Cost of user testing a web site

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980503.html

819

Usability

Resource

Links to sites about usability

http://www.useit.com/hotlist/

820

Usability

Resource

Jakob Nielsen’s recommended sites

http://www.useit.com/hotlist/spotlight.html

821

Usability

Resource

Jakob Nielsen’s papers

http://www.useit.com/papers/

822

Usability

Overview

Guerrilla HCI - Using discount usabilty - Nielsen

http://www.useit.com/papers/guerrilla_hci.html

823

Usability

Overview

Nielsen’s: How to conduct a heuristic evaluation

http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_evaluation.html

824

Usability

Overview

10 usabilty heuristics of Nielsen

http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html

825

Usability

Resource

Jakob Nielsen - Usabiltiy Testing methods

http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/inspection_summary.html

826

Usability

Overview

Nielsen’s severity ratings for usabilty problems

http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/severityrating.html

827

Usability

Resource

Web Accessibilty Initiative - handicapped

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

828

Usability

Resource

“Natl. Inst. Of Stnds. & Tech, Info Access Div.”

http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/

829

Usability

Overview

Corporate anthroplogists - overview

http://www.fastcompany.com/online/05/anthro.html

830

Usability

Overview

Focus Groups - overview

http://www.groupsplus.com/pmt0797.htm

831

Usability

Overview

Focus Groups - opinion by Nielsen

http://www.useit.com/papers/focusgroups.html

833

Usability

Tutorial

Survey: how to design a survey

http://www.thewritemarket.com/marketing/survey-design.htm

834

Usability

Tutorial

How to Get Beneath the Surface in Focus Groups

http://www.mnav.com/bensurf.htm

835

Usability

Resource

Top company specializing in improving usability

http://www.gomezpro.com/public/

836

Usability

Reference

Formal Usability Inspection Guide

http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/frmlinsp.htm

837

Usability

Overview

Superb overview of Usability

http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/general.htm

1000

Usability

Overview

Overview of survey usability testing

http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/surveys.htm

1001

Usability

Reference

Excellent reference to all of the kinds of testing

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

1013

Usability

Resource

Human Factors International: training/consulting

http://www.humanfactors.com/

1015

Usability

Resource

NASA’s human factors division

http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/

1016

Usability

Example

Examples of bad design (non-web)

http://www.baddesigns.com/

1017

Usability

Resource

Usernomics: specializing in soft & hardware design

http://www.usernomics.com/hf.html

1018

Usability

Resource

System Concepts: usability specialists

http://www.system-concepts.com/

1019

Usability

Resource

System Concepts: usability specialists - archive

http://www.system-concepts.com/back_issues.html#Anchor-Usability-23133

1020

Usability

Resource

Vividence: user testing company

http://www.vividence.com/

1088

Usability

Resource

Articles on usability

http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/default.asp

1097

Usability

Resource

IBM s home page for web architecture info - good

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/web/

1104

Usability

Resource

Info on conducting online focus groups

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/group.htm

1105

Usability

Resource

Links regarding online focus groups

http://usability.deyalexander.com/resources/focusgroups.html

1106

Usability

Overview

Overview of focus group for usability

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~zzj/FocusGro.htm

1107

Usability

News

Report on Google s Philosophy of Usabilty

http://www.goodexperience.com/

1108

Usability

Example

Request for participation in usability studies

http://corporate.gettyimages.com/contact/usability.asp

1245

Usability

Resource

Company specializing in usability

http://www.cooper.com/

1246

Usability

Overview

US Govt guidelines for usability on the web

http://usability.gov/pdfs/

1247

Usability

Resource

Interface critiques with a fun edge

http://www.ok-cancel.com/

1285

Usability

Resource

Unicode: a unique number for every character

http://www.unicode.org/

1306

Usability

Resource

FANTASTIC site: tutorials, reviews, info galore

http://www.webreference.com/

1313

Usability

Overview

Information architecture articles

http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/informationarchitecture/

1314

Usability

Overview

Usability articles

http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/usability/

1380

Usability

Overview

Guidelines

http://www.mnstate.edu/it/policy/adaweb/webaccessguidelines.htm

1381

Usability

Reference

Guidelines

http://wistechnology.com/printarticle.php?id=883

1382

Usability

Overview

Eye tracking results

http://www.nngroup.com/events/tutorials/eyetracking.html

1383

Usability

Overview

Visitor expectations

http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/feb06.asp

1384

Usability

Resource

Usability testing company with tips

http://www.eye-square.com/english/usability-en.htm