resource center: online resources

Edited by Dave Rogers

Usability

Alertbox is Jakob Nielsen's personal newsletter. Each issue tantalizes readers with choice tidbits that promote his latest research release. Always good stuff from The Man here.

Flazoom.com is dedicated to Flash and usability. What a great idea!

Design @ IBM site offers a wealth of information on design principles, user-centered design and more.

Measuring Usability is dedicated to "discussing some common and not so common approaches to using quantitative methods, including Six Sigma, to move beyond instinctive decision making in implementing usability solutions." Lots of articles and some tools.

The Usable Web has nearly 1000 links. A pioneering site by Keith Instone, but is no longer updated. The links are growing stale—but many remain useful.

The Usability and User Experience SIG offers a monthly newsletter and links to other helpful resources.

Usability.gov is the legendary site of the National Cancer Institute—a wonderful introductory resource to usability.

Usability News is produced by the Software Usability Research Lab of Wichita State University—and is a terrific online publication. Sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss an issue!

Usability Views offers a compendium of more than 10,000 articles on usability, accessibility, IA, HCI and web design. Densely organized.

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