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100 Things to Do to Make a Better Site - List of several (actually

7 Debilitating Diseases of Business Websites - Illnesses make websites inefficient. The cures

A Heuristic Evaluation of a World Wide Web Prototype - Experiment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS)finding a large number of usability problems that were identified and suggestions for correction.

A List Apart - The Perfect 404 - Ian Lloyd gives strategies for building custom 404 error pages that enhance usability.

Accessible Web - A guide to creating accessible web pages and downloadable documents. From the University of Newcastle

Adaptive Path - 90% of All Usability Testing is Useless - Lane Becker writes

AgeLight Institute - Guidelines written for webmasters

Alertbox : Top-10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability - Following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.

All Things Web: The Usable Web - Tips and techniques for building reader-friendly Web pages.

AnyBrowser.com - Web page viewer presents a site as it might be seen by visitors with different browsers.

Art and the Zen of Web Sites - Suggestions and guidelines for putting together a usable and attractive web site.

BBC News - Web design 'causes confusion' - Web designers are not on the same wavelength as surfers when it comes to creating sites

Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design - Describes the many business and technical benefits that are realised by applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to Web applications.

CNET.com - Study: Design lacking in e-tail sites - The design of some of the leading online stores is mediocre at best

CNN.com - Analysis: Web sites are locking out the disabled - Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning

Comparison of Usability Evaluation Methods - A listing of the most popular methods for determining usability

Conference on Usability Tools and Techniques - A summary from the conference sponsored by AT&T Labs. The goal is to develop software tools and techniques for evaluating the usability of web sites.

Daily Blooper - Showcases examples of poor web interface design from real web sites. The aim is to teach good (user-centered) design by showing what not to do.

Design Considerations - Designing web sites for readers with visual impairments. General design principles and resources for additional information.

Design Not Found - Critical reviews of web contingency design

Designing a More Usable World - Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin. Excellent guidelines for universal web design.

Designing Information-Abundant Web Sites - This article is extracted and adapted from Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction 3rd edn.

Digital Web Magazine - Article by Rick Cecil: Composition and Usability.

Don't Link to Us - Highlights stupid linking policies by linking to web sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them.

Educorner - Online introductory course on Information Architecture

eShopability - Provides design and usability information and advice on how to convert browsers into buyers and keep them

Fifth Conference on the Human Factors and the Web - A forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers

Fluff and Contenders - Fluff and Contenders

GUI Bloopers - Presentation and promo of Jeff Johnson's book "GUI Bloopers". Covers problems with text

Guide to Usability for Software Engineers (GUSE) - Pages collected by the University of Maryland

GVU: The Graphics - Development of new technologies in graphics

Hot Text: Web Writing That Works - Articles from trainer-writer team Jonathan and Lisa Price. Ideas and services for web writers

HTML Authoring Tools - Delorie Software provides a number of free services to the web community to assist web authors who wish to make their information available to the largest audience. These tools provide alternate ways of viewing your pages

HTML Style Issues - Alan Flavell discusses HTML usability and provides links to many style and usability sites.

Human Behavior and the Web Research Center - Research center with useful information on the interface between human behavior and new technology

Human Factors International - Web Usability Tips - These tips are provided to help you improve the interaction between humans and computers in your web design.

IBM - Ease of Use - Resourcs for discovering user-centered design

IBM DeveloperWorks: Web Architecture - Offering tools needed to understand usability and accessibility issues. Includes materials that can help you create user-centered applications and gain insight into accessibility challenges.

Improving Web Site Usability and Appeal - Guidelines compiled by MSN Usability Research to provide designers and producers with ideas to increase the usability and appeal of Web sites.

Internet Brothers: Helpware for the Cybercommunity - Expanding web community by offering free tips and tutorials about HTML and DHTML

Internet Brothers: Layout and Design Fundamentals - Avoid common web page mistakes. Learn about proper alignment

Java Software Human Interface - Essential information about human interface design and usability for applications and applets written in the Java programming language.

JavaScript and Web Site Usability - An Interview with JavaScript Guru

Klariti Guide to Usability and Information Architecture - Directory contains over 500 links

Lynx Friendly - The key to being Lynx Friendly is to be consciously aware of the HTML which goes into creating a web page and to ensure that those using a non-graphical browser are not ignored.

Macromedia - Flash : Usability - Usability tips

Magnetic-Media - Web In Motion - A commentary on web usability

Missinfom - Resources and links on web design and usability.

More Than Screen Deep - More Than Screen Deep

Navigation 101 - A simple

Nielsen - Online papers by Jakob Nielsen.

Nielsen Norman Group - Reports and columns on usability and human interface design by Jakob Nielsen

Pointafter.com - 20 Do's and Don'ts of Web Usability - Tips from George Prociuk.

Principia Hypertextica: Introduction - A mathematics educator's view of web design. Encourages speed

Publish.com - 10 Commandments of Information Architecture - Roger C. Parker elaborates on ten usability points to keep in mind when designing a website.

Publish.com - Five Usability Principles For Web Design - Ilise Benun elaborates on the principles of consistency

Publish.com - Flash and Usability - Guidelines for usable Flash

Publish.com - Is branding compatible with Web usability? - Article by Roger C. Parker. "Branding... often conflicts with the goal of creating fast-loading

Publish.com - Usability Matters - Article by Marcia Ludkin. "Again and again... usability experts discover that real people may not understand what may be obvious to a site’s designers."

Readability Of Websites With Various Foreground/Background Color Combinations - 1997 psychology research project by Alyson L. Hill at Stephen F. Austin State University. Participants scanned simulated websites for a target word; readability was inferred from reaction time.

Royal National Institute for the Blind: Web Access Centre - Web accessibility resources.

Say What You Mean on the Web! - Content strategies for your e-business website; 50 ways to make your site easy to understand and use; free newsletter; regular reports on information design and usability for e-commerce; Los Angeles-based consultant with online services available.

Seattletimes.com: A primer for a good Web page - Users want indicators of how good (e.e.

ShoreWalker - Covers every area of good site design as well as what not to do. Steers you away from hype and towards more practical

SIGCHI World Wide Web Special Interest Area - WWWSIA is a subgroup of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI). It focuses on the human factors of the World Wide Web.

Something 4 Nothing Web Pages - Tips for building pages which are visually pleasing

Starling Access Services - Interesting definition of Accessible Web Design. For use by "anyone

STC SIG - Usability - Forum to share information

Stevesdomain.net - Focuses on furthering the education of web related topics

The Scent of Information - The reason why so many people lose their way on the Web

The WDVL: Designing Attractive Web Pages - Before you can design avant-garde Web pages

Theory - A weekly column by Adam Baker that discusses web usability

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - Sites are getting better at using minimalist design

Towards a Model of Trust for E-Commerce System Design - A paper

Uiweb.com - Monthly expert columns on web usability

Usability Engineering - "Designing for Ease Use"

Usability First - Diamond Bullet Design offers their experience and knowledge on website and software usability.

Usability Matters - From the Usability Matters Group at the Linköping University in Sweden. Their goal is to make computer systems more usable. The 1995 essay "Perspectives on Usability" by Jonas Löwgren is available for download in PDF format.

Usability Must Die - Examines what's wrong with the usability movement

Usability Professionals' Association - The UPA's purpose is to promote usability concepts and techniques worldwide.

Usability Testing of Advanced Web Concepts - Case study of usability. A sidebar to Jakob Nielsen's article on Sun's new Web design.

Usability Watch India - Blog on usability of software and websites through the eyes of Suman kumar.

Usability.gov - Provided by the National Cancer Institute. Includes information and resources on making web sites and other user interfaces more useful

Usability.gov - Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines - Quantified

Usable Web - Collection of links and accompanying information about human factors

Usable Webs - Information on basic web usability principles

Usefo.com - Web design resources

Useit.com - Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.

User Interface Design - Software Design Smorgasbord - A comprehensive resource page on UI Design

User Interface Engineering -- Web Site Usability Book - Spool

User-Friendly Web Sites for All Ages - Guidelines for businesses

Vaspers the Grate - Insights into web writing

Vaspers the Grate: Web Credibility Destroyers - List of design issues that pollute an overall impression of trustworthiness and dependability.

WDVL: Usability Testing in Practice - Reveals one company's usability testing practices and procesures.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - W3 Consortium publication.

Web Development - A summary of the complete life cycle of web development: planning

Web Pages That Suck - Learn good web page design by looking at bad web pages.

Web Usability - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Special issue of WWW Usability arising from a symposium entitled "The Missing Link: Hypermedia Usability Research and The Web".

Web Usability Findings - Compilation of surveys of web usability engineering and test results.

WEBehavior - A behavioral research

WebMetric Tools - Good usability is vital to the success of any web site. This site has downloadable sets of web evaluation tools to assist in analysis of a web page based on numerous usability guidelines. Registration is required (free).

WebWord Usability Consulting - Usability and human factors for the Internet. Including book list