» uk-usability: links

We're currently building a list of suggested reading for the uk-usability list. Below you'll find some key reads recommended by the list. We're always looking for more so if you know of any good articles or useful books or sites, please let us know.

• articles
• books
• courses
• e-zines
• statistics and research tools
• usability and accessibility companies
• misc resources

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articles

» Ergonomics Standards & Legislation An article about the latest developments on standards and guidelines from the British Standards Institution

» TNL.net An article on the infamous demise of boo.com and the impact of the innovative design on success

» Constance Petersen Suggestions for solving site navigation problems

» Clickz.com A pro-usability article from the marketing/strategy news site. includes the quote "its insane to build a site for some one you have never met"

» bbc.co.uk Report of a bad interface design that led to the users losing more than a few hours work...

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books

» Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity (by Jakob Nielsen)

» The Design of Everyday Things (by Donald Norman) Introduces the reader to where design does and doesn't work in our interactions with products

» The Handbook of Usability Testing (by Jeffrey Rubin) Techniques for actually doing usability testing

» Don't Make Me Think (by Steve Krug) Great introductory book but short on real detail and techniques

» Human Factors and Web Development (by Julie Ratner)

» Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability (by Jenny Preece)

» Usability Engineering (by Xristine Faulkner) Brilliant book about the lifecycle of usability techniques

» Website Usability Handbook (by Mark Pearrow)

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courses

» British HCI Groups' Courses

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e-zines

» Ask Tog Bruce Tognazzini's monthly AskTog column which generally covers user interfaces for Web applications.

» builder.com There are often useful articles on usability on the builder.com site

» shorewalker.com Shorewalker covers web design topics and has some useful articles

» Use It The site run by usability guru, Jakob Nielsen

» Usability News New headlines in usability and human-computer interaction (HCI)

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organisations

» ACM Includes the Computer Human Interaction group

» British HCI Group The British HCI Group is committed to keeping you informed. For all the latest news on HCI, usability, events, products, jobs and paper calls

» UK Usability Professionals' Association (UKUPA) Promoting usability concepts and techniques in the UK

» Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) Promoting usability concepts and techniques worldwide, including a useful members listing.

 

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statistics and research tools

» Website Analysis and MeasureMent Inventory A tool for measuring the usability of your web site by asking the actual users what they think

» Designers Survey Web Page Design for Designers Survey

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usability & accessibility companies

» Amberlight U sability engineering and testing services
» Flow Interactive Usability testing and interaction design services
» Foviance Website, wireless, Intranet, digital interactive TV and software usability testing and research.
» Optimum Web Usability specialists
» Segala Web accessibility and mobile content testing & certification
» System Concepts Usability consultancy and training
» North Square Interactive Website evaluations, usability, accessibility and competitor analysis.
» Usability By Design UK Usability and Accessibility Company.
» Webcredible Web usability, accessibility and credibility consultancy.

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misc

» Usableweb A collection of links about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.

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