- 1954 Computer of the future
2006-12-28
Scientists from the RAND Cporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home
computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be
economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the
computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now
scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the
Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.
- A Nose Gesture Interface Device: Extending Virtual Realities
Tyson R. Henry
2002-04-02
This paper reports on the development of a nose-machine interface device
that provides real-time gesture, position, smell and facial expression
information. The DATANOSE{trade} Data AtomaTa CORNUCOPIA pNeumatic Olfactory
I/O-deviSE Tactile Manipulation [Olsen86, Myers91] allows novice users without
any formal nose training to perform complex interactive tasks.
- Bad Human Factors Design
Michael J. Darnell
darnell@baddesigns.com
Examples of bad human factors and suggested improvements.
- Bad usability calendar
Norway, Oslo
2008-01-17
Netlife Research
anders@netliferesearch.com
- Bad Usability Calendar 2007
2007-02-14
Netlife Research Usability Specialists
A purposely badly designed calendar.
- Blinking 12 Usability Review
United Kingdom, Avon, Bristol
Chris McEvoy
2002-10-07
First Circle Consulting
chris@firstcircle.co.uk
An example of the worst kind of usability review, using a VCR as a subject.
- cheesebikini
United States, California, San Francisco
Sean Savage
2002-10-29
sean@cheesebikini.com
HCI-related spoken-word MP3s and HCI related humor for HCI professionals, students,
scholars and anyone who is curious about the "human" in Human Computer Interaction.
- Coding Horror: Programming and Human Factors
Jeff Atwood
2007-02-13
- Good User Interface Design Tips (If you want to whiz off your users)
Nathan Lineback
2006-06-11
- Haiku Error Messages
2007-02-13
21st Challenge
What impressed us most, however, were those of you who transcended both
these obvious starting places. The best used simple English to present
both the message that -- alas -- must be delivered, and invested the
exchange with appropriate sentiment: two things that engineers rarely
provide.
- Interface Hall of Shame
feedback@iarchitect.com
"An irreverent collection of examples of
common interface design mistakes."
- Internationalization Humor
2001-11-25
i18nGurus.com open internationlization resources directory
A collection of websites with humorous stories about internationalization, translation,
character sets, etc.
- OK/Cancel
Kevin Cheng
2004-02-04
kc@ok-cancel.com
Weekly comic strip and regular insightful articles and commentary on HCI and usability.
- Presidential Election Ballot - Cartoons and Humor
2001-11-21
A collection of websites with humorous takes on the 2000 United States election.
- The GOMSerciser
Mark Roseman
2007-10-11
mark@markroseman.com
At CHI'94 in Boston, Mark Roseman and Paul Dourish were standing around
waiting for Ted O'Grady to emerge from a tutorial, so we could go to lunch. We
were amused to notice the long, tired faces of the people in the room next
door who'd got up early in the morning to attend a tutorial on GOMS. We joked
about this over lunch with Carl Gutwin, and having nothing better to do later
on, borrowed some facilities from the relatively unsuspecting Garry Beirne and
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, and documented the moment. The GOMSerciser was born.
- This is Broken
Mark Hurst
2007-02-13
A project to make businesses more aware of their
customer experience, and how to fix it.
- Usability Humor
United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor
2004-11-23
Diamond Bullet
The Usability Humor listed below provides a selection of some of the most enjoyable
and memorable humor we've found on the Web pertaining to usability.
- Usability in the Movies -- Top 10 Bloopers
Jakob Nielsen
2006-12-28
useit.com
User interfaces in film are more exciting than they are realistic, and
heroes have far too easy a time using foreign systems.
- Usability Must Die
United Kingdom, Avon, Bristol
Chris McEvoy
2007-03-24
First Circle Consulting
chris@firstcircle.co.uk
Your period of waiting is over. The usability backlash has started, and its here to stay. The self proclaimed experts arent in charge, we are. So lets act like it and take control.
- Usability Review of a Remote Control
Chris McEvoy
2003-07-18
chris@usabilityviews.com
Another from the series "Usability Reviews Uncovered" where a remote control is given
the full usability review.
- Use It Or Lose It - Parodies of Jakob Nielsen
Seth Neilson
2001-11-21
seth@untickalock.com
Collection of web sites poking fun at Jakob Nielsen.
- Web Pages That Suck
Examples of bad web page design.
- Zen Haiku: Usability Archives
Chad Lundgren
2007-02-13
User centered design, which is mostly usability, information architecture, contextual inquiry.
