Improving Computer Interfaces & Usability

What's the best way to: a. Improve usability in software applications? b. Review usability of existing software? c. Generate, encourage and review new ideas on software UI design? d. Make all this research work freely available to everyone (open source, proprietary, etc.)? e. Connect with all developer groups and individuals out there to share this work with them? Read more to find out.

To help increase awareness about interfaces and usability (or the lack of it), to help raise the standards of what is considered acceptable, push new ideas into the open for discussion and in the end, make sure every Mum in the world can email/ nag her son/ daughter who is half way around the world.

Simple, and with good direction -- easily achievable aims -- expect for the 'Mum' bit ... (Via OSNews.com)