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)

Monday, September 19, 2005

Online Extra: Building Yahoo's New Front Door

An interview with Larry Tesler about Yahoo! usability and redesign ...

"Design honcho Larry Tesler says the portal's home-page redesign will happen gradually -- and only if it provides "a delightful experience."

Yahoo! may not have the prettiest home page, but with nearly 14 million Web surfers visiting it per day, it's doing something right. And Larry Tesler, Yahoo's new vice-president for the User Experience and Design group, doesn't want to screw that up.

But don't expect to see big changes made overnight. Comparing the job to remodeling a house, Tesler says Yahoo will make modifications continuously, bit by bit, so as not to spook users who rely on Yahoo for news, e-mail services, or finding a date."   continued ...   (Via Business Week)

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

A cluttered home page.

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