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Usable Web Open in a new browser windowEditor's Pick
   Collection of links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.
   http://usableweb.com/
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/screen/index.html#contents
More Than Screen Deep Open in a new browser windowEditor's Pick
   Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National Research Council convened a steering committee to evaluate and suggest fruitful directions for progress in user interfaces to computing and communications systems. A very informative sit
   http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/screen/index.html#contents

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Alertbox Open in a new browser window  
   Jakob Nielsen's bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on simple and minimalist design based on real user needs.
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
Navigation 101 Open in a new browser window  
   A simple, understandable navigation scheme is a critical aspect of site design and has a direct effect on the bottom line.
   http://wdvl.com/Location/Navigation/101/
Web Pages That Suck Open in a new browser window  
   Learn good web page design by looking at bad web pages.
   http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
SIGCHI World Wide Web Special Interest Area Open in a new browser window  
   WWWSIA is a subgroup of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI). It focuses on the human factors of the World Wide Web.
   http://www.acm.org/sigchi/webhci/
Magnetic-Media - Web In Motion Open in a new browser window  
   A commentary on web usability, design, and direction aimed at the beginning web developer.
   http://www.magnetic-media.com/webinmotion/
All Things Web: The Usable Web Open in a new browser window  
   Tips and techniques for building reader-friendly Web pages.
   http://www.pantos.org/atw/usable.html
Usefo.com Open in a new browser window  
   Web design resources, Usableword newsletter, and web usability guidelines to make web sites faster, more educational, and usable.
   http://patsula.com/usefo/
HTML Authoring Tools Open in a new browser window  
   Delorie Software provides a number of free services to the web community to assist web authors who wish to make their information available to the largest audience. These tools provide alternate ways of viewing your pages, so that you can ensure that yo
   http://www.delorie.com/web/
Say What You Mean on the Web! Open in a new browser window  
   Content strategies for your e-business website; 50 ways to make your site easy to understand and use; free newsletter; regular reports on information design and usability for e-commerce; Los Angeles-based consultant with online services available.
   http://www.ronscheer.com/
AnyBrowser.com Open in a new browser window  
   Web page viewer presents a site as it might be seen by visitors with different browsers.
   http://www.anybrowser.com/
Lynx Friendly Open in a new browser window  
   The key to being Lynx Friendly is to be consciously aware of the HTML which goes into creating a web page and to ensure that those using a non-graphical browser are not ignored.
   http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~djc/personal/lynxfriend.html
Something 4 Nothing Web Pages Open in a new browser window  
   Tips for building pages which are visually pleasing, and yet still download quickly and make information easy to access. From Webdeveloper.com.
   http://www.webdeveloper.com/html/html_something_4_nothing.html
Web Usability Open in a new browser window  
   International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Special issue of WWW Usability arising from a symposium entitled "The Missing Link: Hypermedia Usability Research and The Web".
   http://ijhcs.open.ac.uk/
WebWord Usability Consulting Open in a new browser window  
   Usability and human factors for the Internet. Including book list, expert articles articles and interviews, recommended Web sites.
   http://www.webword.com
Fifth Conference on the Human Factors and the Web Open in a new browser window  
   A forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers, designers, and developers who are interested in producing web sites that are more useful and usable. Site contains proceedings of the most recent (3/Jun/1999) conference and ar
   http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/index.html
HTML Style Issues Open in a new browser window  
   Alan Flavell discusses HTML usability and provides links to many style and usability sites.
   http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/www/
Usability Professionals' Association Open in a new browser window  
   The UPA's purpose is to promote usability concepts and techniques worldwide.
   http://www.upassoc.org/
Internet Brothers: Layout and Design Fundamentals Open in a new browser window  
   Avoid common web page mistakes. Learn about proper alignment, coloring and typography, plus how to put your best foot forward when you have two left feet.
   http://internetbrothers.com/layout.htm
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Open in a new browser window  
   W3 Consortium publication.
   http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/wai-pageauth.html
Internet Brothers: Helpware for the Cybercommunity Open in a new browser window  
   Expanding web community by offering free tips and tutorials about HTML and DHTML, graphics editing, site promotion, digital photography, and desktop publishing. Presented often with a touch of humor, and always with examples.
   http://internetbrothers.com/
The WDVL: Designing Attractive Web Pages Open in a new browser window  
   Before you can design avant-garde Web pages, you have to know what the rules are before you try to break, bend or amend them.
   http://wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Pages/
Uiweb.com Open in a new browser window  
   Monthly expert columns on web usability, interaction and web design.
   http://www.uiweb.com/
WEBehavior Open in a new browser window  
   A behavioral research, usability testing, and customer experience evaluation firm.
   http://www.webehavior.com/
WebMetric Tools Open in a new browser window  
   Good usability is vital to the success of any web site. This site has downloadable sets of web evaluation tools to assist in analysis of a web page based on numerous usability guidelines. Registration is required (free).
   http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/WebTools/
Theory Open in a new browser window  
   A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability, interface, and interaction design. Includes previous columns for review.
   http://www.merges.net/theory/
Usability.gov Open in a new browser window  
   Provided by the National Cancer Institute. Includes information and resources on making web sites and other user interfaces more useful, usable, and accessible. News and current publications and additional links are provided.
   http://www.usability.gov/
100 Things to Do to Make a Better Site Open in a new browser window  
   List of several (actually, eight) ways to make a more user-friendly site. Also has other reader comments on the same topic.
   http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/100-things
Useit.com Open in a new browser window  
   Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.
   http://www.useit.com
Daily Blooper Open in a new browser window  
   Showcases examples of poor web interface design from real web sites. The aim is to teach good (user-centered) design by showing what not to do.
   http://deyalexander.com/blooper/
Art and the Zen of Web Sites Open in a new browser window  
   Suggestions and guidelines for putting together a usable and attractive web site.
   http://www.tlc-systems.com/webtips.shtml
Usability Engineering Open in a new browser window  
   "Designing for Ease Use", Article written by Corporate Solutions Consulting (UK)on usability engineering.
   http://www.consult-me.co.uk/csc-usability-engineering-page.htm
Usability First Open in a new browser window  
   Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.
   http://www.usabilityfirst.com/
Usable Webs Open in a new browser window  
   Information on basic web usability principles, including hints on helping search engines find your site. Web usability assessments and content development are available.
   http://www.usablewebs.com/
Improving Web Site Usability and Appeal Open in a new browser window  
   Guidelines compiled by MSN Usability Research to provide designers and producers with ideas to increase the usability and appeal of Web sites.
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/management/planning/improvingsiteusa.asp
Guide to Usability for Software Engineers (GUSE) Open in a new browser window  
   Pages collected by the University of Maryland, Masters of Software Engineering. These guidelines will assist software engineers to create effective user interfaces.
   http://otal.umd.edu/guse/
Fluff and Contenders, Revisited Open in a new browser window  
   A monthly web zine for professional web writers and editors who create content for the web. This archived article, April 1999, is a follow-up of the April 1998 "Cut the Fluff" in designing web sites and suggest not to "lose sight of usabili
   http://www.contentious.com/archive-main.html#1999-04
Starling Access Services Open in a new browser window  
   Interesting definition of Accessible Web Design. For use by "anyone, any web browsing technology and any site".
   http://www.starlingweb.com/webac.htm
GVU: The Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center Open in a new browser window  
   Development of new technologies in graphics, usability and visualization.
   http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html
Designing a More Usable World Open in a new browser window  
   Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin. Excellent guidelines for universal web design.
   http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/
ShoreWalker Open in a new browser window  
   Covers every area of good site design as well as what not to do. Steers you away from hype and towards more practical, user-friendly Web design. Based in Australia.
   http://www.shorewalker.com/
Design Considerations Open in a new browser window  
   Designing web sites for readers with visual impairments. General design principles and resources for additional information.
   http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/dzine/access/
Usability Testing of Advanced Web Concepts Open in a new browser window  
   Case study of usability. A sidebar to Jakob Nielsen's article on Sun's new Web design.
   http://www.sun.com/980113/sunonnet/concepts.html
Usability Matters Open in a new browser window  
   From the Usability Matters Group at the Linköping University in Sweden. Their goal is to make computer systems more usable. The 1995 essay "Perspectives on Usability" by Jonas Löwgren is available for download in PDF format.
   http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/aslab/groups/um/
Conference on Usability Tools and Techniques Open in a new browser window  
   A summary from the conference sponsored by AT&T Labs. The goal is to develop software tools and techniques for evaluating the usability of web sites.
   http://www.research.att.com/conf/hfweb/proceedings/scholtz/index.html
7 Debilitating Diseases of Business Websites Open in a new browser window  
   Illnesses make websites inefficient. The cures, by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson:Web Marketing Today, Issue 41, February 1, 1998.
   http://www.wilsonweb.com/articles/7diseases.htm
Designing Information-Abundant Web Sites Open in a new browser window  
   This article is extracted and adapted from Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction 3rd edn., Reading, MA: Addison Wesley (forthcoming). Longman Publishers, Copyright 1998.
   http://ijhcs.open.ac.uk/shneiderman/
A Heuristic Evaluation of a World Wide Web Prototype Open in a new browser window  
   Experiment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS)finding a large number of usability problems that were identified and suggestions for correction.
   http://stats.bls.gov/ore/htm_papers/st960160.htm
JavaScript and Web Site Usability Open in a new browser window  
   An Interview with JavaScript Guru, Mr. Danny Goodman on how JavaScript can make a web site easier to use.
   http://webword.com/interviews/goodman.html
Towards a Model of Trust for E-Commerce System Design Open in a new browser window  
   A paper, by Florian N. Egger, presents a model of trust that informs the human-computer interaction (HCI) design of electronic commerce systems.
   http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~mrs/chi2000/contributions/egger.html
Web Development Open in a new browser window  
   A summary of the complete life cycle of web development: planning, analysis, design, implementation, and promotion. Key practices and online resources are given for each process. By John December, author of numerous material for web development methodolo
   http://www.december.com/web/develop.html
Human Behavior and the Web Research Center Open in a new browser window  
   Research center with useful information on the interface between human behavior and new technology, especially the web.
   http://www.cio.com/research/behavior/
Web Usability Findings Open in a new browser window  
   Compilation of surveys of web usability engineering and test results.
   http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bing/oversite/webusefind.html
CNN.com - Analysis: Web sites are locking out the disabled Open in a new browser window  
   Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning, but many Web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Things don't have to be that way.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/07/web.site.accessibility.idg/index.html
User Interface Design - Software Design Smorgasbord Open in a new browser window  
   A comprehensive resource page on UI Design, maintained by Craig Marion, the webmaster of Chester County Internet Services.
   http://www.chesco.com/~cmarion/Design/UIDesign.html
Digital Web Magazine Open in a new browser window  
   Article by Rick Cecil: Composition and Usability.
   http://www.digital-web.com/features/feature_2000-3.shtml
User-Friendly Web Sites for All Ages, Microsoft PressPass Open in a new browser window  
   Guidelines for businesses, developers and web designers on how to make their web sites more user-friendly and accessable for the adult community. A white paper issued by Microsoft, "Effective Web Design Considerations for Older Adults." is avail
   http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/1999/May99/GuidelinePR.asp
Stevesdomain.net Open in a new browser window  
   Focuses on furthering the education of web related topics, including web design and navigation tips, advice and techniques.
   http://www.stevesdomain.net/
Usability Must Die Open in a new browser window  
   Examines what's wrong with the usability movement, with some humour, and experiences from the coal face of software design.
   http://www.usabilitymustdie.com
eShopability Open in a new browser window  
   Provides design and usability information and advice on how to convert browsers into buyers and keep them, analysis and trends. Free fortnightly newsletter.
   http://www.eshopability.com
Missinfom Open in a new browser window  
   Resources and links on web design and usability.
   http://www.missinform.net
Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design Open in a new browser window  
   Describes the many business and technical benefits that are realised by applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to Web applications.
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html
WDVL: Usability Testing in Practice Open in a new browser window  
   Reveals one company's usability testing practices and procesures.
   http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/Design/UsabilityTesting/
Readability Of Websites With Various Foreground/Background Color Combinations, Font Types And Word Styles Open in a new browser window  
   1997 psychology research project by Alyson L. Hill at Stephen F. Austin State University. Participants scanned simulated websites for a target word; readability was inferred from reaction time.
   http://hubel.sfasu.edu/research/AHNCUR.html
CNET.com - Study: Design lacking in e-tail sites Open in a new browser window  
   The design of some of the leading online stores is mediocre at best, but, according to a new study, it is improving.
   http://news.com.com/2100-1017-931274.html
Macromedia - Flash : Usability Open in a new browser window  
   Usability tips, examples, test case, quotes, related articles and a Flash forum for site developers.
   http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/usability/
IBM - Ease of Use Open in a new browser window  
   Resourcs for discovering user-centered design, guidelines, and technologies to help improve the total user experience for web-based products and services.
   http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/558
Alertbox : Top-10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability Open in a new browser window  
   Following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html
Human Factors International - Web Usability Tips Open in a new browser window  
   These tips are provided to help you improve the interaction between humans and computers in your web design.
   http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/10tips.asp
Seattletimes.com: A primer for a good Web page Open in a new browser window  
   Users want indicators of how good (e.e., current, accurate, credible) the page's information is.
   http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=issu&date=19980329
BBC News Open in a new browser window  
   Web design 'causes confusion' - Web designers are not on the same wavelength as surfers when it comes to creating sites, says a US study.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2041040.stm
Educorner Open in a new browser window  
   Online introductory course on Information Architecture, (making a website easy to use).
   http://www.educorner.com/
Design Not Found Open in a new browser window  
   Critical reviews of web contingency design, or how sites communicate error conditions and/or recover from them. Includes real-life screen shots with analysis and discussion.
   http://www.37signals.com/dnf/
The Scent of Information Open in a new browser window  
   The reason why so many people lose their way on the Web, according to usability expert Jared Spool, is because they lose the scent of the information they are looking for. Jared shares his thoughts and perspectives on the Web, usability, and the user's
   http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=3110/nam1012433977/
AgeLight Institute Open in a new browser window  
   Guidelines written for webmasters, communicators and marketers to assist with website design for maximum usability for seniors and older internet users.
   http://www.agelight.com/Resources/webdesign.htm