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)

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Designing a Web Site for One Imaginary Persona That Reflects the Needs of Many

The development and use of a Persona for usability testing a libray Web Site ...

"Does designing a large academic library Web site for an imaginary person seem a sensible thing to do? As a reference librarian and member of the Web team of the Gerstein Science Information Centre (Gerstein Library), that is exactly what I set out to do in May 2005. I proposed that the best way to ensure that the Web site meets the needs of the more than 62,000 students, faculty, and staff was to focus on the needs of Cindy Lee, a fictitious individual and design tool known as a "persona." We'd create this persona to represent the goals and personal characteristics of real users and to put design assumptions into perspective."   continued ...   (Via RedNova)

University of Toronto Libraries - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

University of Toronto Libraries.

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