World Usability Day Announces 2007 Healthcare Focus
Theo Mandel, Ph.D. has been named the healthcare chairman for World Usability Day 2007. World Usability Day's focus for 2007 is on healthcare. The theme is, "We can make a difference." Mandel will present at the kickoff event at the UPA Conference in Austin, Texas on...
Experts Discuss the Future of “Ease of Use” – Simplicity vs. Functionality
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Helvetica Font turns 50 Years Old!
The Helvetica font is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss graphic designer Max Miedinger. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, the typeface's name was changed in 1960 to Helvetica
Wackiest Product Warning Labels
To highlight the wacky side of usability, here's a CNN/Money article on the wackiest product warning labels. With the stupid things people do and the litigious society we live in, you have to wonder how we came to arrive at this point in time. Toilet brush wins wacky...
International Translation and Branding Usability Bloopers
Let users do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and how they want to do it.
S.Korea Works on Ethical Code for Righteous Robots – Isaac Asimov would be proud!
South Korea is drawing up a code of ethics to stop humans misusing robots - or vice versa, officials said Wednesday. Just the fact that this is happening now means we are making progress in robotics and artificial intelligence! [Photo] Alex Hubo -- the world's first...
The Face of the $100 Laptop – Nicholas Negroponte
Revolutionary computer with an evolutionary user interface. "One Laptop per Child" is an international effort led by Nicholas Negroponte to provide laptop PCs (costing $100 or less) to school children in developing nations. One of the interesting aspects of the new...
Call to designers: Consider the user first!
Las Vegas -- Developers for the consumer market should worry less about wowing users with gizmos and features, and more about how consumers actually use the devices, speakers and papers concluded at the International Conference of Consumer Electronics (ICCE)....
eCommerce Web Usability Blooper
Great! I found the software I'm looking for, and it's on SALE! $325, with $75 off, ends up at $250! But wait, it says the discounted price is $395! What is going on!!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of web usability bloopers! For more information on how to avoid...
Web 2.0 Usability Blooper – The Weather
Wonderful Web 2.0 gives you instant, dynamic information - or does it? Check out the temperature and weather in Scottsdale in this screenshot between one Weather panel on the left and the other Weather web service on the right. One says the current temperature is 70...