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| Usability Interface |
April 2004
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Summary (6 pages) |
Meet Ben Shneiderman, Opening
Session Speaker at STC Conference
How would Leonardo da Vinci use a laptop? What kinds of applications would
he design? Ben Shneiderman, who will address conference attendees during
the opening session, ponders these questions and others. More»
Designing Online Help for Pocket
PCs
By Prashant Natarajan
While designing online Help for PPCs, information developers are
forced to deal with several technical considerations and usage
patterns. An analysis of the similarities and differences between
online Help in PCs and PPCs will allow information developers to
effectively design PPC online Help based on task analysis, audience
analysis, context of use, and usability.. More»
How Much Interaction is Too
Much?
By Clifford Anderson
I’ve been doing usability testing for almost 20 years. Although I haven’t
been exposed to that many other facilitators, the ones I had seen
facilitated very much like I did, which also seemed to be very much ‘by
the book.’ Here, was someone with a very different approach. More»
Top 10 Decisions That Reduce Usability
Compiled by David Dick
Did you ever wonder why some products are well designed and easy to use and
others are not? The answer is simple—decision makers and budget holders
make decisions with little thought of how they reduce usability. More»
Tooling Around
By Gloria McConnell
If you aren’t necessarily up on the latest hardware helpers, take note.
One of the coolest things I’ve seen lately is a tiny USB (universal
serial bus) storage device called a USB "pen drive" or
"memory key." It’s a keychain-sized USB flash memory storage
device. More»
From the Editor
Is It Time to Upgrade?
By David Dick, Editor
If corporate profits depend on improving product design, and selling
upgrades, there is no profit in supporting old software and creating
patches. The profit is in selling new and improved products. More»
Pulse of the SIG
Communities of Practice:
Dealing with the Changes in the Technical Communication Field
By Karen Bachmann, Usability SIG Manager
STC recognizes a trend for members to identify less with their
geographical communities and more with others sharing common career
characteristics, such as the industry they work in, the nature of the
deliverables they produce, and of course, their career specializations
such as usability. More»
Columns and SIG News
- Alice Preston honored with Distinguished SIG Service Award
- SIG meeting time at STC Conference announced
- UPA holds conference
- SIG members lead UPA conference workshop
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