Alertbox: Jakob's Column on Web Usability
Mobile Devices: One Generation From Useful
New mobile devices show a huge improvement over previous generations, but they're still not good enough to score a real win. To get there, we need both PC-integrated applications and specialized mobile services rather than repurposed website content. (AUGUST 18)
- Information Pollution (August 11)
- PDF Unfit for Human Consumption (July 14)
- Information Foraging (June 30)
NEWS: From useit.com and the Web
Came across a new column with a rather unusual format: weekly comic strip about usability and interface design.
- BBC Web guru fights info pollution
- USA Today Site has the vision-impaired in mind
- Sydney Morning Herald Macs vs PCs
- ZDNet Developers gripe about IE standards inaction
- Salon E-mail is broken (subscription required)
- Intranet Journal Building the Perfect Beast
- News.com Adobe e-doc format under siege
- Business 2.0 Future Boy: Beyond the Browser (subscription required)
- New York Times White House E-Mail System Becomes Less User-Friendly (purchase required, also on CNN for free)
- Sunday Herald Want to know all about the Edinburgh festivals? Then don't visitscotland.com
- New York Times Net Profiling Lures Advertisers
- IT Week Good design pays off
- Intranet Professional Critical Issues in Intranet Design
- Publish The future of Web publishing
- BBC How the web makes 'desk-chair generals' of us all
- Mac Design 4.5 mice review rating (out of 5) of accessibility software
- CNN Do investor-relations Web sites work?
- Federal Computer Week Designing Web pages for accessibility
- BBC Visit to Microsoft's usability lab and interview with Jakob Nielsen (streaming video)
- PC Pro Interfacing with Jakob Nielsen
- News.com Shoddy search prevents worker success
- Digital Web Magazine An interview with Dr. Jakob Nielsen, usability expert
- Informatics Don't be too clever, says web guru
- SitePoint Interview - Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D.
- BBC E-mail makes surfers emotional
- Wired Reality Check for Web Design
- Pixelsurgeon Splash screens must die
- New York Times Seems Computers Baffle 10-Year-Olds, Too
- Information Age Simplicity is priceless
- CBS Family Matters
- FORTUNE The Top Ten Minds in Small Business