Usability Quote of the Day

November 17, 2008

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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Thursday, January 27, 2005

What Makes Users Unhappy: Share-Point Team Services Web Server Security

"For more than 20 years we have written about user satisfaction, and it seems as if even with all the changes during this time, some things remain the same (See reference list). For example, our article about 'What Makes Users Happy' (COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, Vol. 29, No. 7, 594-598, July 1986) shows that system response time is the single most important factor. But it seems that sometimes the design of software slows down the system response time to a level that can make users very unhappy. Such a case in point is the Microsoft IIS & SPTS - Internet Information Server and Share Point Team Services."

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