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White Paper: Introduction to Usability
What is Usability?

Usability = ROI

Definitions

Usability Standards:
  1. Keep the User Informed
  2. Speak the User's Language
  3. Keep the User In Control
  4. Be Consistent
  5. Prevent User Errors
  6. Help the User Be Successful
  7. Make the Site Flexible
  8. Keep the Design Simple
  9. Help the User Recover From Errors
  10. Provide Help and Documentation

Footnotes

  1. Kilian, Crawford. Writing for the Web, Part 2. A List Apart.
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  2. Thompson, Maryann. How to Frustrate Web Surfers. Industry Standard.
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  3. Degenhart, Curt. Bringing Business Back into User-Centered Web Products: An Interview with Strategist and Consultant Terry Swack. Web Review.
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  4. Norman, Donald. 1988. The Psychology of Everyday Things. New York: Basic Books. Quoted in Cooper, p. 64.
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  5. Cooper, Alan. 1995. About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design. Foster City, CA: IDG Books, p. 64.
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  6. Instone, Keith. 1997. Usability Heuristics for the Web. Webreview.com.
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  7. Nielsen, Jakob. Ten Usability Heuristics. Useit.com.
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  8. Ibid.
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  9. Jeffrey Zeldman. Writing for the Web. A List Apart.
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  10. Nielsen, Ibid.
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  11. Ibid.
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  12. Ibid.
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  13. Ibid.
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  14. Cooper, Page 55.
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  15. Nielsen, Ibid.
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  16. Ibid.
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  17. Spool et al. 1999. Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. p. 9.
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  18. Cooper, p. 56.
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  19. Nielsen, Ibid.
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  20. Ibid.
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