What is Usability?
Usability = ROI
Definitions
Usability Standards:
- Keep the User Informed
- Speak the User's Language
- Keep the User In Control
- Be Consistent
- Prevent User Errors
- Help the User Be Successful
- Make the Site Flexible
- Keep the Design Simple
- Help the User Recover From Errors
- Provide Help and Documentation
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Footnotes
- Kilian, Crawford. Writing for the Web, Part 2. A List Apart.
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- Thompson, Maryann. How to Frustrate Web Surfers. Industry Standard.
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- Degenhart, Curt. Bringing Business Back into User-Centered Web Products: An Interview with Strategist and Consultant Terry Swack. Web Review.
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- Norman, Donald. 1988. The Psychology of Everyday Things. New York: Basic Books. Quoted in Cooper, p. 64.
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- Cooper, Alan. 1995. About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design. Foster City, CA: IDG Books, p. 64.
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- Instone, Keith. 1997. Usability Heuristics for the Web. Webreview.com.
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- Nielsen, Jakob. Ten Usability Heuristics. Useit.com.
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- Ibid.
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- Jeffrey Zeldman. Writing for the Web. A List Apart.
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- Nielsen, Ibid.
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- Ibid.
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- Ibid.
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- Ibid.
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- Cooper, Page 55.
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- Nielsen, Ibid.
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- Ibid.
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- Spool et al. 1999. Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. p. 9.
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- Cooper, p. 56.
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- Nielsen, Ibid.
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- Ibid.
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