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)

Monday, December 12, 2005

IRS Makes Less Taxing Web Site

A usability redesign case study ...

"A major redesign of the Internal Revenue Service's public-facing Web site makes search and navigation less taxing for users.

The IRS' Web site was launched in 1996, as the Digital Daily. At the time, the site was more of a communications vehicle than a business tool, said George Coffin, chief, public portal branch, Internet development services, Electronic Tax Administration, in Lanham, Md.

In 2002, the site was bulked up and renamed IRS.gov. Major changes at that time included the implementation of Vignette Corp.'s Vignette CMS (content management system), as well as a new look and feel for the entire site."   continued ...   (Via eWeek)

New IRS Website. - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

New IRS Website.

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