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Year: 2006

23
Apr 2006

The Particulars of Evaluating Voice Interfaces

When I evaluate website-styled graphic interfaces, I apply the Bastin/Scapin and Nielson heuristic methods, among others. I also analyze the system’s structure using an information..

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30
Mar 2006

Get Used to Extreme Programming

The following comment appeared on the CHI-CONSULTANTS user list January 25, 2006:Don Norman (Norman-Nielsen Group) would have us know that Agile and other extreme methods..

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27
Mar 2006

Live from CHI 2006 – Thursday, April 27

9:00A presentation by David Adhlstroem on an experiment that aims at reducing the selection time of multi-level dropdown menus. He uses the law of Fitts..

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22
Mar 2006

Montréal: At the Crossroads of Ergonomics in 2006

After the Spring 2005 usability professionals conference held by UPA, Montréal has continued to play a role as a meeting place for the usability community...

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15
Mar 2006

A little gift for your users…Please!

If we gave you the option of changing one aspect of your site, we hope you would choose to add some sort of indication next..

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07
Mar 2006

Manifesto Against the Madness of Microwaves: Standardization Now!

Microwave ovens have been an integral part of our existence as unrepentant consumers for 30 years now. Veritable emblem of instant gratification, they have played..

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22
Feb 2006

Who was this street sign made for?

We heard Transports Québec is considering updating highway traffic signs. This may also be a good time to take a look at the city’s street..

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17
Feb 2006

Your desktop online soon

A long time ago, about 10 years back, we were talking about moving desktop applications to the Online World. Server requests and delays associated with..

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