Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

FAA debuts online 'human factors' training

The Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday announced the debut of an online training program on the importance of "human factors." The Web Course consists of 10 self-guided lessons about the role that sensory, mental and physical capabilities and limitations should play in the design and development of machines.

"Improvements to aviation safety and capacity are dependent on developing a national aviation system that is not only technically sophisticated, but also human performance-based and human-centered," Joan Bauerlein, FAA's aviation research and development director, said in a statement.

FAA requires systematic integration of human factors at every critical step in the design, testing and acquisition of new technology introduced in the U.S. aviation system. (Via GovExec)

FAA Course - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics


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