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)

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Web 2.0? Why Should We Care?

A definition and discussion of Web 2.0 plus a series of links to articles ...

"If you've been following the latest developments in Web publishing, design and development, then you've certainly heard about "Web 2.0."

It's a term that is, in most cases anyway, meant to define the bleeding edge of Web technology, best practices and implementation. Depending on who's using the term, you could be talking about the Web as a platform for applications, a philosophy in building and designing Web applications, a group of powerful Web technologies, and much more.

You can find the generally accepted "official" definition on Wikipedia.

"Web 2.0" as a term, in other words, is pretty meaningless. And yet, many people are talking about it—and you will only hear more about Web 2 dot 0."   continued ...   (Via Publish)

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

An extended definition.

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