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Designing highly useable software

Un nouveau livre en utilisabilité écrit par Jeff Cogswell et rapporté par Eddie VanArsdall de Technical Communication
en date du 21 mai 2005.

«If you think no author could possibly have a fresh perspective on usability , think again. Jeff Cogswell’s Designing Highly Useable Software examines usable software design from the inside out. An accomplished software engineer, Cogswell contends that many software disasters happen in parts of the program that users cannot see.»

«Fortunately, Cogswell’s lively sense of humor prevents Designing Highly Useable Software from becoming overly dry and technical. In his “Real ‘world scenario” sidebars, he discusses usability issues inherent in everyday things such as refrigerator doors and paper towel dispensers. And his admonishments to programmers can be stern but downright funny: “As for Abort, Retry, and Ignore, all I’m going to say is this: Don’t you dare” (p. 83).»

WOWWWW ! Interaction Design Group Launches Resource Library

May 17, 2005 ::: The Interaction Design Group (IxDG)–an association that serves the needs of the international community of practitioners, teachers, and students of interaction design–today launched the IxDG Resource Library at http://resources.ixdg.org.

The IxDG Resource Library is a repository of information about interaction design (IxD) that the IxDG community has created. It includes documents, compilations of discussions from the IxD Discussion mailing list, and descriptions of and links to many interaction design resources on the Web. IxDG members may also comment on resources and contribute items to the Library.

Merci merci merci IxDG

Dans la série des Awards… The McGallen & Bolden Web Design Usability Awards

Une liste de volets simplifiée de l’utilisabilité mais essentielle (citée telle quelle):

* Simplicity – anyone should be able to navigate the site.
* Content – be content-rich, not just links.
* Coordinated – have good color matching schemes.
* Standards – conform to standards.
* Readable – web page code should be human readable.
* Reductionist – no flashy multimedia unless needed.

Pour donner un avant goût des gagnants 2005:

* Apple Computer – www.Apple.com
…l’éternet au delà du temps…

* O’Reilly & Associates (computer books, software conferences, online publishing) – www.OReilly.com
…sans surprise…

* Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) – www.spd.org.sg
…pour la montée de l’accesibilité au pouvoir du Web démocratique…

* The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network (Your Guide to Healthy, Adventuresome, Soulful Living!) – www.RuggedElegantLiving.com
…parce que c’est dans le vent du temps d’être en forme, aventureux et spirituel dans le monde occidental…