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| Usability Interface |
October 2001 - Success Stories Seize the Day Sophia Marx, Lisa Braz, Lea Wolseley, and Jennifer Atkinson presented a session at STC’s 48th Annual Conference in Chicago. The session, “Seize the Day: Taking Our Place as Owners of the User Interface,” addressed why and how to take responsibility for the user interface (UI). We also gathered information with a web-based survey asking other technical communicators how they face this issue. More... The Secret of Success
What is the secret of success? Benjamin Fairness says there are four essential ingredients to successful achievement. More... What Should We Be Learning?
Two recent threads on usability-related e-mail lists provided a lot of food for thought about professional development. More... Measuring Usability with the USE Questionnaire By Arnold M. Lund There are a variety of issues that tend to recur in the life of a user interface designer. I recall the first time I was asked to write performance requirements for a user interface. How should I go about deciding on an acceptable level of errors or an acceptable speed of accomplishing a standard task? How do I know whether I have improved an interface design enough? Of the many problems that need fixing, which ones should take priority? How do I even know whether improving the user interface of a product is going to have an impact on sales? More... Online Personal Information
Managers By Michael Hendry and David Rivers It’s unfortunate, but in order to work with any efficiency at all, I have to try to get my company’s IT department out of the loop as much as possible. So when I wanted to coordinate my department’s schedule and activities, I abandoned our networked Microsoft Outlook, and we started looking for a Personal Information Manager (PIM) on the Internet. More... By David Dick with Fabien Vais At this year’s STC conference David had an opportunity to speak with Fabien Vais to discuss how technology is used in the classroom. Fabien teaches Technical Writing at Concordia University (Montreal) and has taught students with special needs (vision and mobility). More... Bits and pieces: |
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