Web Developer Lists : eConsultant » usability http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com Top links, resources, services and tools for web developers and web designers. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Usability Index http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com/usability-index/ http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com/usability-index/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:32:02 +0000 eConsultant http://econsultant.dreamhosters.com/web-developer/?p=162 Usability ]]> http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com/usability-index/feed/ 0 Top 11 Usability Resources http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com/usability-resources/ http://webdeveloper.econsultant.com/usability-resources/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:55:52 +0000 eConsultant http://econsultant.dreamhosters.com/web-developer/?p=17 Excellent resources for Usability information.
  1. Usability.gov : resources and research-based design guidelines from the US Dept of Health and Human Services.
  2. UsabilityNet : A European Union project that provides usability and user centred design resources to practitioners, managers and EU projects.
  3. UseIt : Jakob Nielsen’s Website
  4. User Interface Engineering : Jared Spool’s Website
  5. GUUUI : : The Interactions Designers Coffee Break (weekly postings and quarterly articles)
  6. InfoDesign: Understanding by Design : articles about Design
  7. TaskZ : An executive resource for user-centered design from Mauro NewMedia
  8. Usable Web : Search over 34,000 publications about Human-Computer Interaction.
  9. Usability News.com : news and articles from the British HCI group
  10. Web Design References : University of Minnesota Duluth’s reference portal
  11. WebWord : The usability blog of John S. Rhodes
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  1. : Prioritizing Web Usability : by Jakob Nielsen : Amazon.com
  2. : Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity : by Jakob Nielsen : Amazon.com
  3. : Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability : by Steve Krug : Amazon.com
  4. : Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites : by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville : Amazon.com
  5. : Web Redesign: Workflow That Works : by Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler : Amazon.com
  6. : The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience : by Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong : Amazon.com
  7. : Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed : by Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir : Amazon.com
  8. : The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web : by Jesse James Garrett : Amazon.com
  9. : Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites : by Ashley Friedlein : Amazon.com
  10. : Designing With Web Standards : by Jeffrey Zeldman : Amazon.com
  11. : Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide : by Eric A. Meyer : Amazon.com
  12. : Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design : by Eric A. Meyer : Amazon.com
  13. : More Eric Meyer on CSS : by Eric A. Meyer : Amazon.com
  14. : Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer’s Reference : by Eric A. Meyer : Amazon.com
  15. : Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web : by Christina Wodtke : Amazon.com
  16. : Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces : by Carolyn Snyder : Amazon.com
  17. : Real Web Project Management: Case Studies and Best Practices from the Trenches : by Thomas J. Shelford, Gregory A. Remillard : Amazon.com
  18. : Collaborative Web Development: Strategies and Best Practices for Web Teams : by Jessica Burdman : Amazon.com
  19. : Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization : by Andrew B. King, Jakob Nielsen : Amazon.com
  20. : Developing Effective Websites: A Project Manager’s Guide : by Roy Strauss, Patrick Hogan, Roy Managing Web and New Media Projects Strauss : Amazon.com
  21. : The Design of Everyday Things : by Donald A. Norman : Amazon.com
  22. : About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design : by Alan Cooper, Robert M. Reimann : Amazon.com
  23. : Defensive Design for the Web: How to Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points (Voices That Matter) : by 37signals, Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried : Amazon.com
  24. : Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things : by Donald A. Norman : Amazon.com
  25. : Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) : by Mike Kuniavsky : Amazon.com
  26. : Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series) : by Dan Cederholm : Amazon.com
  27. : The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems : by Jef Raskin : Amazon.com
  28. : Design Research: Methods and Perspectives : by Laurel, Brenda Laurel : Amazon.com
  29. : Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology : by Ellen Isaacs, Alan Walendowski : Amazon.com
  30. : The Industrial Design Reader : by Carma Gorman, Carma R. Gorman : Amazon.com
  31. : Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design : by Michael Ashby, Kara Johnson : Amazon.com
  32. : GUI Bloopers: Don’ts and Do’s for Software Developers and Web Designers : by Jeff Johnson : Amazon.com
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  1. Usability.gov : resources and research-based design guidelines from the US Dept of Health and Human Services.
  2. UsabilityNet : A European Union project that provides usability and user centred design resources to practitioners, managers and EU projects.
  3. UseIt : Jakob Nielsen’s Website
  4. User Interface Engineering : Jared Spool’s Website
  5. GUUUI : : The Interactions Designers Coffee Break (weekly postings and quarterly articles)
  6. InfoDesign: Understanding by Design : articles about Design
  7. TaskZ : An executive resource for user-centered design from Mauro NewMedia
  8. Usable Web : Search over 34,000 publications about Human-Computer Interaction.
  9. Usability News.com : news and articles from the British HCI group
  10. Web Design References : University of Minnesota Duluth’s reference portal
  11. WebWord : The usability blog of John S. Rhodes
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