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, December 21, 2005

New guidelines for the design of ICT products and services to be used by young children

New product design guidlines for children ...

"Manufacturers and service providers are starting to design, test and launch a stream of new products specifically for young children. To support the development of these new products and services, ETSI has published a guide.

The leader of the task force which produced the new guidelines, Anne Clarke, says that 'children under 12 years of age are becoming a significant consumer group for advanced computing and communications services. In some cases, children as young as four or five are using 3G phones and the Internet'.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) plays a major role in global standardisation of technologies, including telecommunications and broadcasting. ETSI unites around 700 member companies from nearly 60 countries, including manufacturers, network operators, administrations, service providers, research bodies and users."   continued ...   (Via Usability News)

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

ETSI Website.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

<< Home
.