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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)

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age

This is an anonymous article but does give some food for thought ...

"1. Screen Corners
2. OS GUI's are Designed for Beginners.
3. Visual Attention - Sine Qua Non
4. Multiple representation of the file system.
5. Our love of choice
6. Our Disrespect for Spatialness.
7. Terminology
8. Accessibility" continued ... (Via Anonymous Usability Designer)

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