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Usability as Recognition
November 20, 2001
Because there are no reliable standards, there cannot be one methodology for evaluating a usable site...
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Opinions
Intermittent postings of interesting online information design problems. These reviews are meant to point out site strategies, not to evaluate them.
Search Interface Standards
November 16, 2001
In designing an interface for search, are there standards that we can come to expect? To investigate, I took a look at several sites to understand what some of the commonalties and differences might be. Take a look at what I've found.
Art & Culture
July 16, 2001
Related links, Pull-down menus, DHTML rollovers, Sub-navigation: These are all methods that IAs use to show related links on a page. Art & Culture, however, has taken it up a notch when they introduced contextual navigation in addition to their standard navigation.
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Online References |
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Many good resources on standards and guidelines are available online. I consider these most useful:
A List Apart
A List Apart is a non-commercial weekly magazine for people who make Web sites.
Argus Center for Information Architecture
Links, white papers, articles, and events supporting learning about the theory and practice of information architecture.
Boxes and Arrows
The definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape.
elegant hack
"I'm trying to keep it to ponderings on IA."
jjg.net
An ever-expanding information architecture resources page.
noise between stations
Writing about computers, sound, and interaction design.
Usable Web
A guide to resources about Web usability, about making the Web easier to use.
Useit.com
Jakob Nielsen's website, including "Alertbox," Jakob's bi-weekly column on Web usability.
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