- Europe Chapter Bad Ergonomics -Index
2013-09-17
Examples of poor ergonomics and bad design
- Europe Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2013-09-17
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Europe Chapter, is organised to serve the needs of the human factors profession in Europe. Its purpose is to promote and advance through the interchange of knowledge and methodology in the behavioural, biological, and physical sciences, the understanding of the human factors involved in, and the application of that understanding to the design, acquisition, and use of hardware, software, and personnel aspects of tools, devices, machines, equipment, computers, vehicles, systems, and artificial environments of all kinds.
- Designing Effective Carousels
2013-09-14
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Carousels allow multiple pieces of content to appear high on the homepage. A good carousel offers visible, understandable controls, and auto-forwards at a comfortable pace.
- Making Usability Findings Actionable
2013-09-14
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
For usability testing to be valuable, study findings must clearly identify issues and help the team move toward design solutions.
- Mobile: Native Apps, Web Apps, and Hybrid Apps
2013-09-14
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Native and hybrid apps are installed in an app store; web apps are mobile-optimized webpages that look like an app. Hybrid apps use app-embedded browsers.
- Internet Activity Bias Causes Lumpy User Behavior
2013-09-01
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Dramatic differences in how much people use the web on different days can distort simplistic interpretations of site analytics.
- Flexible Usability Testing Tips
2013-08-31
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Observe a greater range of site features when tasks change as client questions are answered and as tasks are tweaked or created for individual participants.
- Interaction cost: Definition
2013-08-31
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
The interaction cost is the sum of efforts "mental and physical" that the users must deploy in
interacting with a site in order to reach their goals.
- Mobile Intranet Design Case Studies
2013-08-19
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Supporting field staff and mission-critical apps are core reasons to take enterprise computing mobile, but users also value access to news and internal social networks.
- Tablet Usability: Findings from User Research
2013-08-05
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Flat design and improperly rescaled design are the main threats to tablet usability, followed by poor gestures and workflow.
- Human Body as Touchscreen Replacement
2013-07-22
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
When you touch your own body, you feel exactly what you touch -- better feedback than any external device. And you never forget to bring your body.
- When the UI Is Too Fast
2013-07-08
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Users might overlook things that change too fast -- and even when they do notice, changeable screen elements are harder to understand in a limited timeframe.
- Engelbart Institute
United States, California, Freemont
2013-07-02
Douglas Engelbart
"help organizations transform into high-performance organizations"
Contains links to many pioneering publications.