Alertbox
- http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
- Jakob Nielsen's bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on simple and minimalist design based on real user needs.
Croc O' Lyle
- http://crocolyle.blogspot.com
- Weblog by a practicing User Experience Architect. Usually about usability, design information architecture and e-business.
Don't Link to Us
- http://www.dontlink.com
- Highlights stupid linking policies by linking to web sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them.
Eyetools Research
- http://blog.eyetools.net/
- Greg Edwards on design and content optimization through eyetrack testing: measuring what people read, look at, skip, and ignore on webpages.
Fifth Conference on the Human Factors and the Web
- http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/index.html
- A forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers, designers, and developers who are interested in producing web sites that are more useful and usable. Site contains proceedings of the most recent (3/Jun/1999) conference and archives of all previous conferences.
STC SIG - Usability
- http://www.stcsig.org/usability/
- Forum to share information, resources and experiences on issues related to the usability and user-centered design. It is the home of the Usability Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication.
ShoreWalker
- http://www.shorewalker.com/
- Covers every area of site design as well as what not to do. Steers the user away from hype and towards more practical, user-friendly Web design. Based in Australia.
The Scent of Information
- http://www.ddj.com/web-development/184413077
- The reason why so many people lose their way on the Web, according to usability expert Jared Spool, is because they lose the scent of the information they are looking for. Jared shares his thoughts and perspectives on the Web, usability, and the user's quest for information.
Theory
- http://www.merges.net/theory/
- A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability, interface, and interaction design. Includes previous columns for review.
Universal Usability
- http://universalusability.com/
- Includes an online version of the book "Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers" by Sarah Horton, along with links to other useful resources.
Usability Matters
- http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/aslab/groups/um/
- From the Usability Matters Group at the Linköping University in Sweden. Their goal is to make computer systems more usable. The 1995 essay "Perspectives on Usability" by Jonas Löwgren is available for download in PDF format.
Usability.gov
- http://www.usability.gov/
- Provided by the National Cancer Institute. Includes information and resources on making web sites and other user interfaces more useful, usable, and accessible. News and current publications and additional links are provided.
Usable Web
- http://usableweb.com/
- Collection of links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.
Usable Webs
- http://www.usablewebs.com/
- Information on basic web usability principles, including hints on helping search engines find your site. Web usability assessments and content development are available.
Usefo.com
- http://patsula.com/usefo/
- Web design resources, Usableword newsletter, and web usability guidelines to make web sites faster, more educational, and usable.
