Usability Quote of the Day

February 9, 2012

Most people who encounter computer-based automation at work do not choose the software with which they work, and have comparatively little control over when and how they do what they do. For them, the use of computers can be an oppressive experience, rather than a liberating one. -- Sarah Kuhn, Bringing Design to Software, edited by Terry Winograd, 1996    (via interaction-design.org)

Monday, April 25, 2005

Smaller Gadgets Useless to the Blind/Visually Impaired

As mobile tech gets easier to carry it gets harder to use. UI and industrial design has improved tremendously over the years but the blind and visually impaired are still left in the dust in terms of MP3 players, PDAs, and most cell phones.

Levar Burton, who some of you may remember from one of those Star Wars knock-off shows, is lending his name to a center dedicated to funding and researching devices for those with limited eyesight. (Via Gizmodo)

Levar Burton - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

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