The Usability SIG Newsletter

January 2008

Bringing Usability to the Front Lines of Medicine
By Hunter Whitney for World Usability Day 2007 (Washington, D.C.)
Will EMRs make our delivery of medical care more usable?

Usability in 3-D Virtual Worlds
By Sean D. Williams
3-D virtual worlds present a new way of looking at standard usability practices.

Pictures and Profits: The Return on Investment of Visual Information Design
Reviewed by Jim Korth
On December 13, 2007, the Lone Star Chapter held a workshop given by Patrick Hofmann, a visual interaction designer for Google in Sydney, Australia.

All Those Web Browsers, Which One Do I Pick?
By Louellen S. Coker, Senior Member, Lone Star Chapter
This article contains an informative look at browsers and why you should or shouldn't use them.

Columns and SIG News

Editorial
By David Dick, Editor
Dealing with Ambivalence

Community News
By Karen Bachmann, UUX Manager
It's election time and Community Manager, Karen Bachmann, lists the open positions in the UUX SIG and calls for volunteers.

Community News and Conference Announcements

Usability Interface welcomes reports about meetings, events and activities from our Usability Experience Community. To have your announcement of a meeting, event or activity published on our Web site, contact davidjdick2000@yahoo.com.