Bad Human Factors Designs:
Illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do
not follow human factors principles.
http://www.baddesigns.com/
Noncommand User Interfaces:
Future UIs vs. today's canonical window system: user focus,
computer's role, interface control, syntax, object visibility,
interaction stream, bandwidth, tracking feedback, interface locus,
user programming, software packaging.
http://www.useit.com/papers/noncommand.html
Institute for Software Research:
Work on advance software and information technology, foster by the
University of California. Includes list of projects, events and
links.
http://www.isr.uci.edu/
Software Safety Research at MIT:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offering information on
current projects and papers.
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/safety.html
Davidware.com:
Offers custom Microsoft Agent characters for the Windows desktop and
Palm software. Microsoft Agents respond to Voice recognition
enabling them to start programs, open files and navigate the
Internet.
http://www.davidware.com
Skipper:
Linux package that describes simple sensors to enable people with
limited movement to signal a PC.
http://home.freeuk.net/skipperproject
HCI Mind Module:
How to interface humans and artificial minds. Includes links.
http://mind.sourceforge.net/hci.html
Ifeelpixel:
An application designed to create tactile sensations based on
images.
http://www.ifeelpixel.com
Classified:
A program designed to evaluate navigational structures of Web sites
or other information spaces, based on card sorting technique.
Includes a FAQ, and free download.
http://www.infodesign.com.au/usabilityresources/classified/
MemexSim:
The Memex Simulator is an open source project, implementing Vannevar
Bush's concept of an automated information retrieval mechanism.
http://memexsim.sourceforge.net/
Uzilla - A Usability Testing Technology Service:
Uzilla is a commercial software product to conduct usability tests.
It consists of two components, a customized web browser that logs
user activity and an internet based data collection and aggregation
server.
http://uzilla.net/uzilla/info/
Uzilla - uzCardSort:
A free open source software providing a card sorting technique, used
to let users categorise items such as a menu structures.
http://uzilla.mozdev.org/cardsort.html
Uzilla - uzReview:
A free open source software facilitating the process of expert
reviews of software usability (heuristic evaluations).
http://uzilla.mozdev.org/heuristicreview.html
IBM's Ease of Use:
Offering USort for card sorting, EZCalc for cluster analysis of the
results and some other usability concerned programs.
http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/560
ErgoLight Usability Software:
Software tool for Windows application developers offering solutions
for testing and evaluating the usability.
http://www.ergolight-sw.com/
e-Office Safety:
Ergonomic training and risk assessment for computer workstation
users. Support for Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992 and
SCORM compliant. Includes a demo and company information.
http://www.e-officesafety.co.uk/
