Usability In The News

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)

Monday, March 20, 2006

Usability Exchange - disabled users to test websites

Using disabled users for user testing...

"The Usability Exchange website launches on 16 March 2006...

...to provide instant user testing with disabled users. Organisations can now find out what disabled people think of their website by logging on to www.usabilityexchange.com. This launch comes just as the British Standards Institution (BSI) published new guidance last week (PAS 78) for those who commission or maintain websites, to ensure that any site they make or maintain is user-friendly for disabled people." continued ... (Via Accessify)