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Usability Quote of the Day

February 6, 2012

The prevailing computer-human interaction (CHI) model of interface design has been partly responsible for the current state of the desktop computer. The breakthrough on which the field emerged was the admission of psychological principles. The resulting graphical user interface has been the focus of the field of computer-human interaction for nearly 20 years. This interface is a virtual control panel whose design has remained quite technology-centered. -- Malcolm McCullough, Digital Ground, 2004 (via interaction-design.org)

Friday, January 27, 2006

Mindless clicks at the iMac G5 Troubleshooting Assistant

Users don't mind clicking a lot if it gets them closer to their goal...

"Making people click a lot is a bad thing, right? Not always. As Steve Krug talks about in “Don’t Make Me Think,” it’s the quality of the clicks, not the quantity. If they’re easy and mindless and the scent gets stronger with each click, then people don’t mind clicking a lot.

I was reminded of this during my recent experience with the iMac G5 Troubleshooting Assistant" continued ... (Via Signal vs. Noise)

Clicks throughs are fine if they are focused on the goal- User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics