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Interface Design for Usability

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General Design Tips

Don't Forget the Power User by Chauncey Wilson (Usability Interface, February 1997)

Notes on Moving from a Character Cell to GUI, by Chauncey Wilson, edited by Robi Gunn (Usability Interface, April 1998)

Optimizing System Usability Without Re-Design by M. David Orr (Usability Interface, July 1998)

Should a GO Button be Included with a Drop-down List? By Vannesa Mosher and Steven Weintraub (Usability Interface, January 2002) Results from a survey of the usability community, about two approaches to implementing a drop-down list box to allow the user to select a navigation option.

Web Design

Ten Guidelines for User-Centered Web Design, by Raïssa Katz-Haas, author and Aimée Truchard, editor. Further References (Usability Interface, July 1998)

User Centered Design and Web Development by Raïssa Katz-Haas

 
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