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)
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Sunday, March 19, 2006

The trouble with personalization

Is personalised interface the best?...

""The good news for fans of usability worldwide is that an historical moment is upon us," Jensen Harris of Microsoft writes in his blog. "We have officially flipped the switch to turn off Personalized Menus by default for all apps in all future builds of Office 12."

Don't know what personalized menus are? When you select, for example, File, in the toolbar of Microsoft Word, with personalized menus you will only see an initial list of the most recent features you have used."   continued ...   (Via New Thinking)

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