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)

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The Principles of Universal Design

An excellent article describing universal design principles and their application ...

"The authors, a working group of architects, product designers, engineers and environmental design researchers, collaborated to establish the following Principles of Universal Design to guide a wide range of design disciplines including environments, products, and communications. These seven principles may be applied to evaluate existing designs, guide the design process and educate both designers and consumers about the characteristics of more usable products and environments.

The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

- PRINCIPLE ONE: Equitable Use - The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities.
- PRINCIPLE TWO: Flexibility in Use - The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities."   continued ...   (Via uiGarden)

Principle of Error Tolorance - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Principle of Error Tolorance.

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