Usability Quote of the Day

January 6, 2009

The prevailing computer-human interaction (CHI) model of interface design has been partly responsible for the current state of the desktop computer. The breakthrough on which the field emerged was the admission of psychological principles. The resulting graphical user interface has been the focus of the field of computer-human interaction for nearly 20 years. This interface is a virtual control panel whose design has remained quite technology-centered. -- Malcolm McCullough, Digital Ground, 2004   (via interaction-design.org)
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Monday, January 31, 2005

Functionality Is Dead

The name of the game in the 1990s was functionality and technology. The new game is ease of use and accessibility.
A client recently asked me to survey its customer base about what these customers consider of most value. We assumed that it would be some combination of functional and technological superiority. We couldn’t have been more wrong:

- “Ease of use, ease of use, ease of use,” said one interviewee.
- “Simple to use and low cost of implementation,” said another.
- “No training and the package is very accessible,” said a third.

A very interesting report in PDF format ...

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