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)

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Tucows.com Relaunces Software Download Site Today

Nice job on a popular download site ...

"Web's popular download site adds capacity and improves usability to meet customer demands.

The redesign of the site and of the mirroring process was in response to growing demands from users, the growth in the average file size of a software title, the increase in the number of titles requesting distribution, the variety of applications demanded by users and the growing attractiveness of the site's technically sophisticated audience to advertisers.

In order to ensure the site continues to be easy to use, the navigation has been completely redesigned, taking advantage of current usability best practices. The mirroring system has been reengineered to increase download capacity and speed without increasing the capacity required of any single mirror partner."   continued ...   (Via URLwire)

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

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