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My Favourites

There are some excellent websites covering Human-Computer Interaction and web design. One of my favourites is www.asktog.com, authored by Bruce Tognazzini.

Another favourite is www.useit.com, authored by Jakob Neilsen. This is aimed much more at web design, but also contains articles about desktop GUI design. Neilsen is a big fan of usability testing, but when testing is unfeasable he recommends a list of design heuristics. Don't miss the Anti-Mac Interface article.

Isys Information Architects www.iarchitect.com have the excellent "Hall of Fame" and "Hall of Shame". These praise/criticise mainly Windows software, but they are well worth a look.

Alan Cooper (who wrote "About Face") is also in the Microsoft corner. His company's site www.cooper.com (beware: frames) has some interesting articles under the Design Resources section.

Resources I want but can't find

  • Stever Robbins (where can I find his article? It's referenced by Jef Raskin in his Widget of the Week column.)
  • Kevin Mullet, formerly of Macromedia, now at www.icarian.com. Also referenced by Jef Raskin. Has done stuff on spatial layout but I can't find any articles online.

Other Resources

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Meta:
   Introduction
   Summary
   Resources
   Changelog

Layout and
Graphic Design:
   Fitts' Law
   Colour and Animation
   Layout and Presentation
   2D is better than 3D
   Web Page Design
   Program Classification

Task Design and
Human Performance:
   Simplify User Tasks
   Reduce Latency
   Habituation
   Noun-verb Ordering
   Interaction History
   Metaphors

Misc:
   The Anti-Mac Interface
   Writing Manuals
   Validation and Errors
   Tog's Principles
   Neilsen's Principles

KDE Analysis:
   KMail
   KFM/Konqueror

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Last updated: 17-March-2000 09:50