Linked by Mayuresh Walke on Thu 21st Apr 2005 08:01 UTC
What's the best way to: a. Improve usability in software applications? b. Review usability of existing software? c. Generate, encourage and review new ideas on software UI design? d. Make all this research work freely available to everyone (open source, proprietary, etc.)? e. Connect with all developer groups and individuals out there to share this work with them? Read more to find out.
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Usability is much like religion, art or philosophy. Everyone has their own school of thought, point of view and vehement bias. There is no one size fits them all solution. Each project has to tackle usability on an individual basis.
Fundamentally, usability is about good design. The reality is that there are not many creative and good designers in the programming world. I know only a handful of hackers who have a good sense of style and taste. Unfortunately, usability is more about good judgement, style and taste, than it is about rules, principles and human interface guides.