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Jakob's bi-weekly column on Web usability
Making the Physical Environment
Interactive (August 5)
Tiny motors and sensors will make physical objects interactive
and create a renaissance for gestural user interfaces. As interface
design moves from the screen to the material world, the need
for simple, easy to use designs will only increase.
Becoming a Usability Professional
(July 22)
User Empowerment and the
Fun Factor (July 7)
Improving Usability Guideline
Compliance (June 24)
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Japanese Flash Applications Wanted for User Testing
We are researching how people use Internet-based applications
and functionality built in Flash; the goal being to derive the
guidelines for designing applications and tools in Flash.
We are not looking at traditional
multimedia content or splash intros - only "good" Flash that
provides utility to users.
Examples: configurators, layout planners,
home banking, calendars, e-commerce, reservation systems, interactive
maps, Web-based training.
Usability Test Status
USA: completed
Europe: completed
Asia: Tokyo tests in planning stage
Please send us pointers to good Flash
applications in Japanese that we might test
in Tokyo.
To nominate a Japanese Flash design
for testing, email Lena Miyamoto at Nielsen Norman Group: japanflash@nngroup.com (feel free
to write in Japanese).
Thank you to everybody who sent us
examples of Flash applications. No more examples are needed
for the current research project, except for Japanese designs.
The first public presentation of
the usability guidelines for Internet-based applications will
be at the Macromedia
developer conference at Disney World, October 27, 2002.
Early Bird registration deadline: August 27
Archive of news items
Sydney Morning Herald Design critical,
says Web guru
Dallas Morning News
New
in your face ads on the Web
ComputerWorld Australia
Web
site usability lags but improving
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