Usability In The News

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)

Monday, January 16, 2006

AJAX performance stats, ROI, and business value

A review of Ajax articles to demonstrate the cost / benefit ratio ...

"Is Ajax a smart move? (Source: JustAddWater.dk, Author: Jesper Rønn-Jensen) — “The benefits listed here are very similar to benefits when we’re arguing for web-standards: Reduced bandwith, training costs, cost of ownership, and increased return on investment. But for the time being I still believe that AJAX has increased learning costs for developers." continued ... (Via WebWord)

Ajax Bandwith Cost Benefit. - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics