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12
Jul 2006

Online banking security: what is the acceptable limit?

Online banking security is becoming more and more of a necessity, considering the number of fraudulent banking emails people receive these days. I don’t know..

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05
Jul 2006

To what extent do we know our internet users?

We often have an abstract and generic image of the “intermediate internet user”. In fact, many of us have a certain tendency to believe that..

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12
May 2006

Looking back on CHI: Design drivers for developing interfaces for portable electronic devices

Users of portable electronic devices must obviously deal with many constraints due to the characteristics of the devices themselves, such as screen size and limited..

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10
May 2006

Diary of a cellphone

In a previous blog, Chrystel demanded the end of useless interface functions and I thought it would be interesting to follow her lead and identify..

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26
Apr 2006

Live from CHI 2006 – Wednesday, April 26

9:00In a cold morning in Montreal, we needed nothing more than a hot debate to warm us up. Unfortunately, the presentation and the debate on..

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24
Apr 2006

Live from CHI 2006 – Monday, April 24

8:00 Here I am at CHI2006. My first impressions? The student volunteers look a little lost… It’s really hard to get basic information on how..

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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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