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Usability and Accessibility Resources

Last updated August 17, 2009 2:15:03 PM PDT
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Usability resources

  • Usability 101: Introduction to Usability
  • Usability Guidelines for Applications
  • Advanced Common Sense: Steve Krug
  • Free Usability Advice
  • Nielsen Norman Group
    • Useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's pulpit
    • jnd: just noticeable difference: Don Norman
    • Ask Tog: Bruce Tognazzini
  • Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines
  • UCSD Library usability resources
  • User Interface Engineering: Jared Spool
  • Web Design References: Usability: Collection of links from the University of Minnesota.

Accessibility resources

  • For Web designers:
    • Accessibility Plan for Page Creators
    • Tips for Page Creators
    • 5-Minute Check for Page Creators
  • For Web users:
    • Web Accessibility for People With Disabilities: Find tips for users with impaired vision or cognitive disabilities.

Information architecture resources

  • Card sorting tutorial
  • Information Architecture Institute
  • Information Architecture Tutorial
  • Semantic Studios

What not to do

  • How to Make an Annoying Web Page
  • Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design
  • Top 10 Ways to Tell if You Have a Sucky Home Page
  • Web Pages That Suck

Publications

  • Web Sites That Work: Usability, Navigation, and Accessibility (PPT)
  • Black, Roger: "Web Sites That Work" (1997)
  • Brink, Tom and Gergle, Darren and Wood, Scott: "Designing Web Sites That Work: Usability for the Web" (2002)
  • Burdman, Jessica: "Collaborative Web Development" (1999)
  • Johnson, Jeff: "Web Bloopers" (2003)
  • Krug, Steve: "Don't Make Me Think" (2000)
  • Nielsen, Jakob: "Designing Web Usability" (2000)
  • Nielsen, Jakob and Tahir, Marie: "Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed" (2002)
  • Pearrow, Mark: "Web Site Usability Handbook" (2000)
  • Rosenfeld, Louis and Morville, Peter: "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (1998)
  • Spool, Jared: "Web Site Usability — A Designer's Guide" (1999)

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