Surf these sites: ACM Crossroads User Interfaces feature articles -- ACM Crossroads is the student magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery. Crossroads has published several articles about user interfaces, and this is an index to those articles. ACM SIGCHI Web Special Interest Area -- WWW SIA Introduction Adaptive Technology -- This collection of resources, aimed at website developers as well as and training and education providers, offer practical help in ensuring websites are inclusive and can be interpreted by assistive devices such as as text-based browsers and screen readers. Brought to you by the NODE Learning Technologies Network. Adjustable Seating Ergonomic Computer Chair -- EquipoisE -A truly ergonomic computer chair - this dynamic kneel-sit chair, with lumber support provides superb comfort, perfect posture, pain relief and a healthy back Alertbox -- Jakob Nielsen''s bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on simple and minimalist design based on real user needs. Ask Tog -- The Webzine for Computer Professionals, their Families, & Friends BayCHI - San Francisco chapter of ACM''s SIGCHI -- Welcome to BayCHI Beta Research, Inc. -- Consulting and research in human factors, ergonomics, usability and safety in product and system design. Beyond Internet Business-as-Usual -- CHI''98 CHI 98 -- CHI 98 CHI 98: Workshop: 12. Beyond Internet Business-as-Usual -- CHI 98 Conference Program CURE - center for usability research and engineering -- CURE is an independent competence center in the field of Usability Engineering and User Interface Design which is established at the Department of Applied Computer Science and Information Systems (University of Vienna). Common Ground -- A pattern language for designing user interfaces and other artifacts. DEWI Consultancy B.V. -- DEWI Consultancy B.V. Maat in IT DOLPHIN -- supports the preparation and management of team meetings in different application scenarios: face-to-face meetings as well as meetings with remote participants Don Norman -- Champion of human-centered design, author of The Design of Everyday Things and many other books. EPSS InfoSite -- Information, ideas and articles about designing and developing software that supports day one user performance. (i.e. Electronic Performance Support Systems - EPSS) ERGO/GERO -- Expert services for matters of human error, perception, cognition, memory, for accident and injury, trademark infringement and medical devices. Eliane Alhadeff''s Virtual Office Homepage -- Reseach and experiments on the "Office of the Future" Ergonomics.org -- Dedicated to the exchange of information between the fields of ergonomics and the Alexander Technique. For Use - Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd. home page for practitioners of usage-centered design. -- Constantine & Lockwood supports usage-centered design for more usable software-based products through training, design, evaluation, and consulting services. Guide to Web Style - Sun Microsystems -- A severely outmoded yet still effective styleguide for web authoring. Heuristic Evaluation -- "Discount Usability Engineering" method for quick-and-slightly-dirty design reviews. Home of the GUIguy® -- GUI Design and Usability consulting for Windows applications and Web sites Creating obvious, discoverable, and usable Windows applications and Web sites for business productivity. How Can the Alexander Technique help the Computer User -- How to work at the computer without pain and fatigue. Human Factors International -- Ensuring interface usability and systems consistency through software ergonomics, human factors science and design artistry. Site is mostly about software design, but also includes tips on web design and e-commerce usability. IFIP WG8.3 Conference ''98 -- CALL FOR PAPERS Interface Hall of Shame - In-Depth Critiques -- Reviews of applications with particularly problematic user interfaces. Introducing the Dvorak keyboard -- Much information about the Dvorak keyboard, an alternative keyboard layout designed for faster typing. L3D Home Page -- The Center for LifeLong Learning and Design--researching how humans can use technology to more effectively learn, design, and collaborate. MIT Media Lab: Software Agents Group -- Home page for the Software Agents group at the MIT Media Lab, headed by Pattie Maes. Microsoft Agent -- Agent, Microsoft Agent, conversational interfaces, software agents, interactive characters, life-like characters, social interface, ActiveX More Time People Spend Using the Internet -- Results of the Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society study on social impact of computer use. Nielsen Norman Group -- Jakob Nielsen and Donald Norman offer consulting to enhance the user experience. Office Ergonomics -- Research-based information about prevention of carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, eyestrain in the office environment. PC-Magazin, Comicchat etc. -- At ComputerBild online you''ll find an information packed website, you''ve never got: year 2000 problem, about new discovering Melissa, Comicchat etc. Positive Support Review, Inc -- A Los Angeles-based management consulting firm that focuses on Management Information Systems and Internet consulting. Report on OOPSLA97 -- Report on OOPSLA97
Response Time Overview -- Response Times: The Three Important Limits Right Now Web -- Products Roadnews.com - How to travel with a laptop -- Extensive information for people who travel together with their laptop computers. Stretch Break ergonomic software for preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries -- Stretch Break helps prevent RSIs by reminding computer users to take periodic breaks. Asks permission to show attractive full motion animated stretches every 30 minutes (default). User selects number of stretches to do (default 3). Each stretch lasts for 15 to 25 seconds, so you are back to work in one or two minutes. Developed by a team of health care professionals. Site licenses available. The LUCID Framework -- Cognetics'' LUCID (Logical User Centered Interaction Design) Framework is a methodology framework for managing the design and testing of the software user interface. The Need for Speed (Alertbox March 1, 1997) -- All usability studies show that fast response times are essential for Web usability: let''s believe the data for once! Advice for speeding up sites despite the fact that bandwidth is going down, not up. The lexiaProject Public GUI Initiative -- A freely available software development project to create a better graphical user interface (GUI) for reading extended texts on a computer screen. What You See Is What You Deserve -- A column from the BSD Unix "Daemon News" e-zine about how GUIs are not always the way to go Why you shouldn''t use Microsoft products -- Outlines the problems caused by Microsoft''s domination and monopoly power. Includes a news section. WinWhatWhere -- WinWhatWhere quietly monitors internet usage, keystrokes and applications run. Winhlp-L archive (WinHelp mailing list searchable database) -- WinHlp-L Mailing List Archive dotParagon - Design Resources -- Web Resources
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