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Guidelines for the Design of Advanced Voice Dialogues
These guidelines are intended for designers as a reference source and as a tutorial. There are both specific guidelines and general discussion and advice for designers at all stages of the design process.
HCI Bibliography
Gary Perlman's list of over 18,000 bibliographic entries (over 800 of which are URL links) on HCI. The HCI Bibliography (which also contains 3,268 abstracted entries for the HFES meetings from 1987-1995) handles over 6,000 searches per month.
Human Computer Interaction Laboratory
University of Maryland -- Ben Shneiderman's lab. Discussions and demonstrations of ongoing usability studies.
Human-Computer Interaction Resources
An excellent HCI starting site. It includes worldwide links to all kinds of HCI resources including bibliographies, people, labs, sites, and much more.
IBM's Web Design Guidelines
Welcome to the IBM Ease of Use Group's guidelines for creating easy-to-use Web interfaces. Achieving ease of use is essential for any site competing for business on the Web. The competition is only a couple of clicks away, and if users become dissatisfied, they can simply go elsewhere. However, by following these guidelines and using a user-centered design process, businesses can retain current customers and attract new ones.
Internet Technical Group (ITG) - Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
The Internet Technical Group (ITG) is a community of professionals from industry, academia and government organizations, who share a common interest in Internet technologies and related behavioral phenomena. The Internetworking newsletter keeps professionals up-to-date with the latest Internet research.
Research Index (CiteSeer)
A cross-referenced digital library with tools that follow citations between articles. The tools used on this site are available for use on other sites.
Task-Centered UI Design (Online Book)
The central goal of this book is to teach the reader how to design user interfaces that will enable people to learn computer systems quickly and use them effectively, efficiently, and comfortably. The interface issues addressed are primarily cognitive, that is, having to do with mental activities such as perception, memory, learning, and problem solving.
Usability.gov
Great resources and research-based design guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Usability Methods Toolbox
This is the product of a Master's Project at San Jose State University.
Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources
Keith Instone maintains an excellent collection of 250+ links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues the accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
Yale Web Style Guide
The original Yale Web Style Guidelines.
Jakob Nielsons website that provides extensive information on usability
User Interface Engineering
Provides information on web design and usability.
Web Standards Project
Aims to decrease costs and complexity of web development whilst increasing accessibility and viability.
UPA
Organisation for usability practitioners.
Usability News
News and research on usability
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