The HCI Sites page is a collection of categorized web resources on Human-Computer Interaction. The categories include articles, companies and consultants, conferences, guidelines, history, humor, journals, laboratories, organizations, people, publishers, and general resources. In 1998,
hci-sites replaced Keith Instone's HCI Virtual Library (originally the HCI Launch Pad).
In addition to the link cateogries below,
the HCI Webliography also maintains special-interest lists of links on:
- Closeness of Actions and Objects in GUI Design
2010-03-08
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Users overlook features if the GUI elements (such as buttons and checkboxes) are too far away from the objects they act on.
- Maciej Lipiec: interaction designer, information architect
English, Polish
Poland, Warsaw
2010-02-28
Maciej Lipiec
- Progress in Usability: Fast or Slow?
2010-02-22
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Over the past decade, usability improved by 6% per year. This is a faster rate than most other fields, but much slower than technology advances might have predicted.
- iPhone Apps Need Low Starting Hurdles
2010-02-10
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Most mobile applications are used only intermittently, so they must be especially easy during initial use. In particular, upfront registration shouldn't be required before users experience an app's benefits.
- Design and Usability Center at Bentley University
English
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
2010-02-05
William Albert
Bentley University
walbert@bentley.edu
The Design and Usability Center is a user experience research, design, and testing consultancy. Our full-time staff of
usability professionals provide an extensive range of research services tailored for clients worldwide.
- User Element
English
Canada, Ontario, Waterloo
2010-02-03
Linda Kerley
User Element
linda.kerley@userelement.com
User interface design services in Waterloo, Ontario. Providing user research, requirements gathering, interaction and
usability design, visual design, usability testing and assessments for software and hardware applications as well as
websites.
- Not Invented Here
2010-01-26
Bill Barnes
Comic strip and blog.
- Testing Expert Users
2010-01-25
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
It's more difficult to conduct usability studies with experienced users than with novices, and the improvements are usually smaller. Still, improving expert performance is often worth the effort.
- AIM Research Group
English
United States, Washington, Seattle
2010-01-17
Jacob O. Wobbrock
University of Washington
wobbrock@uw.edu
The AIM Research Group at the University of Washington comprises Ph.D. students in Information Science and Computer
Science working with Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock on accessibility, interaction, and mobility within the field of Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI). Our goal is to make information more accessible to constrained users or users in constraining
situations.
- DUB Group - Design : Use : Build
English
United States, Washington, Seattle
2010-01-17
Jacob O. Wobbrock
University of Washington
wobbrock@uw.edu
The DUB Group comprises faculty and students interested in HCI and Design research at the University of Washington. It
is a cross-campus multi-departmental group with numerous faculty and students working on countless projects in HCI.
- History of HFI Buttons
2010-01-12
Human Factors International
Human Factors International has been giving away free usability buttons since around 1982.
- whiteboxx - Online Research & Usability Tests
German
Germany, Hannover
2010-01-07
Tim Büttner
whiteboxx - Marktforschung & Kommunikationsberatung
info@whiteboxx-research.de
Online Research & Usability - Mousetracking & Eyetracking
- 10 Best Intranets of 2010
2010-01-04
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Intranet design is maturing and reaping the rewards of continuous quality improvement for traditional features, while embracing new trends like mobile access, emergency preparedness, and user/employee-contributed content.
- Anybody Can Do Usability
2009-12-21
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Usability is like cooking: everybody needs the results, anybody can do it reasonably well with a bit of training, and yet it takes a master to produce a gourmet outcome.
- National Conference on Computer-Human Interaction
Romanian
Romania, Cluj-Napoca
2009-12-18
Dorian Gorgan
Technical University Cluj-Napoca
Dorian.Gorgan@cs.utcluj.ro
Organized each year by ACM SIGCHI Romania (RoCHI).
- Romanian Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
English
Romania, Bucharest
2009-12-18
ICI Bucharest
pribeanu@ici.ro
The journal is edited by the Romanian CHI Group (ACM SIGCHI Romania) and is published by MATRIX ROM.
- Best usability quotes, by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
English
2009-12-17
Best Usability Quotations.
- Engineering Design Quotations
English
2009-12-17
- Favourite user experience quotes | Pat's Point of View
English
2009-12-17
A discussion at work revealed some cracking quotes that are worthy of sharing. The ones I like best are those that were originally coined in an entirely other context, but ring true when applied to something like website usability.
- Jeff Brace - Usability and User Interface Consulting - Simplicity quotes
English
2009-12-17
Jeff Brace specializes in business analysis, information architecture, user interface design, and usability evaluations of web sites and applications.
- LukeW: Interface Design Quotes
English
2009-12-17
Bits of inspiration culled from interface designers, architects, authors, jazz greats, and more. What brings them together here is their affinity to our design philosophy.
- Pithy Design Quotes
English
2009-12-17
A collection of pithy quotations related to usability, communication and design. They were collected by colleagues on a usability discussion list and are loosely grouped by topics.
- Quotations with a user experience design theme
English
2009-12-17
- Usability Quotes
English
2009-12-17
Theo Mandel
Web usability, user interface design, Website usability, Web page usability, application interface design, consulting, education
- Usability Quotes
English
2009-12-17
Some great quotes from different sources. They make a fascinating and educational read...or grab one for your next PowerPoint presentation on user experience!
- Usability Quotes -- World of Usability
English
2009-12-17
A few usability quotes that I like to use in presentations and such.
- Usability Quotes From Optimal Usability - Placing People Before Technology
English
2009-12-17
A collection of quotations related to usability, communication and design. They were collected from all over the web and from books.
- Usability, usability testing, user-centred design, user experience - UsabilityWorks - Quotes
English
2009-12-17
Quotes taken from a variety of sources, including academic papers, research reports, and journals and other publications. They relate to software and website usability issues and are arranged under group headings.
- User Experience Quotes - Vox
English
2009-12-17
Howie Change
A list of quotes which inspires me in one way or another. I hope to compile a longer list in the near future but at the mean time, chew on these:
- User Experience: quotes
English
2009-12-17
- inspireUX - words to inspire user experience designers
English
2009-12-17
inspireUX provides quotes from people who truly understand the importance of a positive user experience.
Download the quote cards and print them oput on 4x6" cards or on standard sized pieces of paper
to help inspire you when creating your own user experience.
- Short-Term Memory and Web Usability
2009-12-07
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
The human brain is not optimized for the abstract thinking and data memorization that websites often demand. Many usability guidelines are dictated by cognitive limitations.