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| | Usability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In human-computer interaction and computer science, usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the user interface of a computer program or a web site is designed. | | | The term user friendly is often used as a synonym for usable, though it may also refer to accessibility. | | | The primary notion of usability is that objects which are designed with their users' psychology and physiology in mind are, for example: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-friendliness
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| | User-friendliness - Wikipedia |
| | For the concept of user friendliness in computer systems, see human-computer interaction and computer and software usability. | | | Apple Computer was well-known in the 1980s for its drive to make computers and software more user-friendly, and it originated the notion of a "windows"-based user interface, which was picked up by Microsoft with its Microsoft Windows product. | | | Various features can be used to make software more user-friendly, such as menu interfaces, online help and automated "troubleshooters," and a simple layout. |
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| | User Friendly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | User Friendly is now published in a variety of newspapers making it one of the first webcomics to make the transition from the net to the mainstream. | | | In late 1999, User Friendly and Sluggy Freelance swapped a character (A.J. and Torg). | | | For the concept in software engineering, see user-friendliness. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Friendly
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| | The User-Centered Revolution: 1970-1995 by Diane Nahl |
| | A user protest led to calls for a shift of emphasis from the elegance of algorithms and computational efficiency to the discovery of ways to make the on-line user interface more acceptable to the user. | | | The problems which accrue to the human user by virtue of being made a component of the system -- of the user actually being placed on-line to the computer -- were largely ignored until very recently. | | | One common source of errors is inadequate mapping, where users develop misconceptions in their mental models of the system. |
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http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/articles/user/user1to13.html
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| | Public Assistance To Rural Land In Scotland - Chapter Five: User-Friendliness |
| | The ESD is exploring the potential options for helping users without access to computers, for example, looking at ways in which farmers can be offered a facility to use any system through agents authorised to act on their behalf. | | | Also important is the need to ensure a degree of compatibility in electronic systems and software, and to minimise the disruption of system and software changes. | | | The new arrangements for this scheme are widely identified by users and their advisers as amongst the most complex that they have ever seen. |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/deleted/cru/kd01/orange/public-12.htm
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| | RMIS-Web Risk & Insurance RMIS Article |
| | With computers, this is the connection made between the user and the software. | | | This is where user friendliness becomes important, because without an effective interface a well-designed system with excellent features loses its ability to provide benefits to the end user, especially when that person is not computer literate. | | | This is a concept in which the user can ''logically approach a computer screen and intuitively reason what tasks can be performed or how to perform them. |
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http://rmisweb.com/tweedy/dt-0992.htm
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| | Human Computer Interface is a multidisciplinary science; which deals with Study analysis & design of the relations of computer & the human. | | | Control panel organization, names of controls, their visual semantics, anticipatory problems solved in the user manuals is the way the designers solve these problems. | | | The latest trend is changing with the advances in the technology & user psyche. |
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http://www.genesishci.com/Theory.htm
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| | In the early ages of computer usage, that is in the 1960's, the direct user of a computer had to be a computer programmer. | | | This means that the user has to evaluate the quality of the data, and to consider whether it is really worth the effort and cost to retrieve, interpret, and analyse the data. | | | The users suddenly found themselves in control of computer resources in much the same way as they already were in control of other resources necessary for their daily work. |
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http://www.isi.edu/nsf/papers/sundgren.htm
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| | User Friendliness solutions page |
| | In Macola ES each user chooses their preferred menu layout so that it is as user friendly as possible. | | | One of the most important objectives in the development of Macola ES was to improve user friendliness. | | | These are additional user friendly functions that indicate a field has been changed - saving the user even more time. |
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http://www.macola.com/docs/BDDocument.asp?Action=View&ID={8DE2B142-C783-4EFC-B65A-53A79E5584F5}&noheader=1&nosubject=1
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| | Public Assistance To Rural Land In Scotland - Chapter Five: User-Friendliness |
| | Users of the Rural Diversification Programme (5b, RDP, 3.1) have expressed concerns over the need to give repeat information on progress under the scheme: a factor that should be considered in designing the replacement scheme. | | | The user-friendliness survey specifically asked users whether the current system of farm inspections associated with different schemes of assistance caused them any particular difficulties, and if so, to specify the nature of these difficulties. | | | This information has been considered necessary in order to gauge whether the applicant and the project are financially viable and worth considering further. |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/deleted/cru/kd01/orange/public-11.htm
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| | Programming Guidelines -- User Friendliness |
| | Allow user to see all of their input with your output. | | | If the user is inputting data in a loop, tell the user how to get out of the loop. | | | In other words, don't wait for user input without telling the user what you are waiting for. |
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http://home.satx.rr.com/rdevore/sac/guidelines/pg_user_friend.htm
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| | User Interfaces - Jacob (ResearchIndex) |
| | The user interface should be designed in terms of the user's terminology and conception of his or her job, rather than the... | | | Design of a User Interface Design of a user interface begins with task analysis---an understanding of the user's underlying tasks and the problem domain. | | | Abstract: trategies with claims of "user friendliness" are yielding to a more scientific - 2 - approach. |
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http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/jacob98user.html
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| | BioMed Central Full text Patients' perspectives on high-tech home care: a qualitative inquiry into the ... |
| | In general, the human-machine interface is seen as key in enabling a smooth fit between the user, the task and the technology [14,15]. | | | Users are often expert at the task they are trying to perform with the device" [[16]: p.156]. | | | Hence, the designer must create a conceptual model that is understandable for the user and that captures the important steps of the operation of the device. |
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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/4/28
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| | Consulting Services for Improving Software Usability -- Rationale for a New Minimalist Approach |
| | The words a user enters while searching in the "help" index are not present in the index because, once again, the common sense (user) concepts regarding functions that ought to be present in the software are described with esoteric verbiage and jargon. | | | A novice user should be able to learn all basic functions of the software within one or two hours. | | | Many software packages are not as successful commercially as they might be because they are not approachable for the novice or less experienced computer user. |
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http://www.kaaj.com/psych/soft.html
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| | User-friendliness Definition / User-friendliness Research |
| | Interaction between users and computers occurs at the user interface (or simply interface), which includes both hardware (i.e. | | | input and output devices) and software (for example determining which, and how, information is presented to the user on a screen).... | | | Useful alternative terms are usability and accessibility, both from the field of human-computer interactionHuman-computer interaction (HCI) is the study of interaction between people (users) and computers. |
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http://www.elresearch.com/User-friendliness
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - Mimicry makes computers the user's friend |
| | The user felt some kind of friendly emotion from the computer, even though it was just copying the stresses and intonation of their own voice, says Suzuki. | | | To see if computers could establish such a rapport with their users, Suzuki asked some volunteers to work on screen with an animated character that they were told had the speech skills of a one-year-old child. | | | Suzuki thinks that embedding such mimicry into speech during vocal interactions between computers or robots and humans will make things better. |
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3769
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| | Usability Partners : News : Editorials : User-friendliness is a bluff! |
| | The central concept is the development of technology that suits users and their needs. | | | Costs - Taking user requirements properly into account during development can reduce the need for expensive late re-design work. | | | Support - Usability-related issues are behind the majority of user support needs - improved usability will reduce demands on support. |
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http://www.usabilitypartners.se/news/2003/editorial04.shtml
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| | The cranky user: How not to make your site accessible |
| | When you require a specific version of a browser, or a specific feature, you are telling all the people who don't have it, for whatever reason, that you don't want their business, you don't have anything to say to them, and you don't care. | | | The users who have older versions may be unable to upgrade. | | | PDF can be another great choice; it's easy to think that everyone has it, but some computers users don't have it and can't get it. |
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http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/us-cranky1.html
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| | User Friendliness: Provides a simple index that helps you access text that is valuable in treating and dealing with OCD. | | | User Friendliness: Provides the information but lacks useful graphic representations and research data. | | | User Friendliness: Easy to follow and written at a level that makes it accessable to everyone. |
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http://www.cdli.ca/~ngarlie/Review.html
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| | The Hindu : 'User-friendliness' is the watchword |
| | The watchword in package development is user friendliness. | | | This must begin as early for the student as possible so that the student learns the software from the user perspective instead of the prevailing neutral or, worse, the programmer perspective. | | | One strategy is to provide an institutional mechanism whereby the faculty members who have the aptitude, mediate and facilitate interaction between students and the ultimate consumer towards identifying problems of the latter that can be addressed by the already available repertoire of languages and packages. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/10/24/stories/13240377.htm
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| | weblicon technologies AG - press release |
| | ”The user is always right”, Carsten Brinkschulte, CTO of weblicon technologies, is convinced, “When someone can use the product, when he knows how a software works, then he’ll use it time and again.” Carsten Brinkschulte is leading a promising fight against overloaded user surfaces and programmers in love with technology. | | | Subsequently, eye square prepared a documentation of the user problems that had emerged and submitted suggestions for improvements. | | | This is an approach Michael Schiessl, CEO of eye square, assesses as positive, “weblicon is definitely a pioneer in improving the user-friendliness of the own product with the help of experts. |
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http://www.weblicon.net/press/press_releases_2001/e_usability.html
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| | SuSE 8.1 illustrates MS' fear The Register |
| | The user experience is so close to XP now that one can expect it to surpass it in the next edition or the one following. | | | In the 'Security and Users' section of YaST is a simple configuration utility to tighten up file permissions. | | | This item will make the distro easy for Windows and Mac users to configure and administer; you can accomplish almost everything without recourse to the shell. |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27759.html
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| | Press Release - FyberSearch Upgrades Relevancy, User Friendliness and Adds more Advanced Features |
| | The search typ: arature allows users to tell FyberSearch if they are looking for an official website or general information and as a result, FyberSearch will change its ranking algorithm to fit the user's information needs. | | | Most, if not all search queries end up being about one of these two types of information so it is a real advantage that FyberSearch allows users to specify which type of search results they are looking for. | | | More developments are obviously to come but FyberSearch is now at a very competitive place in terms of the relevancy of search results and advanced features available to users. |
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http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_release.php?rID=4543
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| | winseek.com - user friendliness resources and info |
| | Reader-Friendliness Checklist Periodic user testing is an important element in developing and maintaining a reader-friendly Website. | | | Find user friendliness and more at Lycos Search. | | | We offer the latest news and resources for anyone who wants to know more about user friendliness. |
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http://www.winseek.com/find/user-friendliness.aspx
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| | IngentaConnect Improving the user-friendliness of a directory of chemical substa... |
| | The development and testing of alternative prototypes with a panel of users led to a design solution that could not have been arrived at simply by analysis of problems with the original version. | | | These were compared with the original using a timed look-up task and in-depth interviews with a panel of 24 regular users of the directory. | | | An A4 layout with two sequences of entries per page was selected for further development, and alternative treatments of typographic detail were assessed by a further 12 users. |
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jbp/idj/2001/00000010/00000003/art00009
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| | Syntax Digital |
| | The project was handled in cooperation with BROKAT Infosystems, the leading supplier of software for secure E-Banking and e-Business solutions and the alliance of STS/Zeine two Jordanian IT and software solutions providers. | | | SYNTAX Digital's design approach emphasizes presenting users of sophisticated web applications with a robust, engaging experience. | | | "Our team of information architects, designers and engineers thoroughly analyze the interface of an application from the user's point of view, taking into consideration information design, navigation, online help and branding to arrive at the optimum interactive design solution," said Rasha Tarazi, SYNTAX Digital's Executive Creative Director. |
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http://www.syntaxdesign.com/press/press_aug18_2000.htm
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| | AutoCAD 2000 makes up for slow file loading with user-friendliness |
| | At $375, or about $200 to upgraders, the package is good value for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows users. | | | John McCormick, a free-lance writer and computer consultant, has been working with computers since the early 1960s. | | | Some users dislike the restriction, but I consider it valuable. |
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http://www.gcn.com/18_12/news/34665-1.html
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| | AVM Takes "Best Brand" Award for User-friendliness |
| | In the survey, compiled by PC Professionell in cooperation with the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, over 18,000 computer users were asked to asses the brand positioning, value and image of various manufacturers. | | | Readers of the German computing magazine PC Professionell have named AVM the company with the user-friendliest network routers. |
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http://www.avm.de/en/news/artikel/best_brand_2005.html
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| | Apple Matters The Mac Has Never Been User-Friendly |
| | User-friendliness is directly related to how experienced the user is. An interface can still be very intuitive but that is really tested by a novice user. | | | Which is also another common problem for new users - novices find computers (even Macs) quite intimidating. | | | A computer is a multi-purpose device, and you need to know what you want to do. |
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/the_mac_has_never_been_user_friendly
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| | Release 2.0: Added Features and Enhanced User Friendliness |
| | Similarly to the Matrix Calculator, the user can now enter an algebraic expression containing link and node attributes as keywords, evaluate it for any link or node subset and, if so desired, store the result in the data base. | | | The concept of user data items has been extended to turns; every turn can now have up to three numerical user data items. | | | If it is on (on=6), at the beginning of each session, all existing scenarios are displayed and the user is asked to select the scenario to work with. |
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http://www.spiess.ch/emme2/e2news/news01/node2.html
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| | On user-friendliness of the QR box - vBulletin Community Forum |
| | * if the threaded style user does not select a message they want to reply to, the reply is considered to be related to the first post. | | | The problem here is that you know no one will select a post to respond to, which will essentially render the threaded view useless. | | | * if the threaded style user does not select a message they want to reply to, the reply is considered to be related to the first post |
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http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52186
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| | User Friendliness - Andamooka Reader |
| | A lot of software is available that's powerful and useful, but that fails in its ease of use. | | | About widget placement: use your own computer for a while and note where your cursor is. Hint: It's often on the right side of the screen. | | | If you want a tool that the user will need to click often, put it on the right, if possible. |
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http://www.andamooka.org/reader.pl?pgid=kde20develch06lev1sec9
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| | Software News |
| | Enhanced printing/export function with a choice to "include detail user list" of each scanned software item. | | | New function for users to select the printing of all the scanned items or only those on the "unclassified" list | | | Let's have a preview of the major enhancements in both the general user program and the SAM Manager program of SAM: |
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http://www.polyu.edu.hk/%7Eags/itsnews0309/software.html
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| | User Friendliness |
| | Since it utilizes the Internet Browser Interface, users do not need to learn to use a new software to access and administer the device, and most users can start using the device in minutes. | | | All the required hardware and software is included and embedded in the system. | | | In contrast, all other similar security systems use proprietary protocol and wiring, and proprietary software is required to access these systems. |
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http://www.iguardsystem.com/Page07b.htm
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| | Towards an Interactive Query Environment for a Multi-Attribute Decision Model with Imprecise Data and Vague Query ... |
| | Furthermore, for improved user friendliness, vague query conditions are allowed. | | | The philosophy of the presented approach is to create an environment similar to the multidimensional spreadsheet front-end of data warehouses, in which the user can interactively discover the imperfect answers. | | | Imprecise scores are described by probability distributions, vague query conditions by fuzzy predicates. |
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http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/proceedings/&toc=comp/proceedings/dexa/2000/0680/00/0680toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/DEXA.2000.875103
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| | Delv.co.uk: user friendly websites in the UK |
| | Find user friendly and more at Lycos Search. | | | Delv.co.uk: user friendly websites in the UK Viewing Results for "user friendly" - Showing 1 - 2 | | | Results: 1 - 2 - UK Search for: user friendly |
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http://www.sundown.org.uk/bands/user_friendly.html
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| | All Things Web: Checklist-Based User Testing |
| | Happily, inspection-based user testing methods, ranging from a free-form site review to more structured approaches, provide a cost-effective means of assessing (and thus improving) the usability of almost any Website. | | | A basic truism of usability testing is that there is basically no such thing as a "user error." For every problem your testers identify, make sure you ask enough clarifying questions to allow you to understand the nature of the difficulties they encountered. | | | One of the most effective forms of inspection-based user testing involves the use of a "usability checklist." Checklist-based user testing is extremely inexpensive to implement, and requires a surprisingly small number of testers to be effective. |
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http://www.pantos.org/atw/35317.html
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| | User-Defined Mapping Functions and Collision Detection to Improve The User-Friendliness of Navigation in A Virtual ... |
| | Especially in traditional fields of technology like tunnelling the technical staff, researchers or other involved persons are not familiar with the navigation in a virtual environment. | | | In the last years real-time visualisation with virtual reality techniques has become to an essential part of numerical simulation in almost all major fields of engineering. | | | This paper describes the improvements of the navigation of the "Tunnelling Visualisation System - TVS" [1][2] which are collision detection and several modifications of mapping the user input to the virtual reality scene. |
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http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/proceedings/&toc=comp/proceedings/iv/2003/1988/00/1988toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/IV.2003.1218023
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| | User Friendly? |
| | Keep that distinction in mind; both increased user friendliness and increased efficiency make a tool better, but they do it in different ways. | | | That improvement can best be quantified as 'user friendliness'. | | | But some tools make it easier than others, and those are the tools we consider 'better'. |
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http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/userfriendly/userfriendly1.php
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| | Web site usability (user friendliness) issues |
| | In that context Usability is much more than just navigation or how long a page takes to download; it covers anything and everything that interfaces with the user experience. | | | Let's start with an off-line example to show you how Usability is part of our everyday life. | | | Good Usability = Good User Friendliness = Online Success |
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http://abacuswebusability.com/usability.html
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| | SOFTWARE QUALITIES - |
| | A software system is user friendly if the users find it easy to use. | | | Incorrect, inefficient, and unreliable systems are not very user friendly. |
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http://www.cs.uta.fi/~jyrki/ohto99/lecture2/sld014.htm
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| | Is the nature of the user input clearly indicated? | | | Is it easy for user to correct typing errors? | | | Does the program allow for flexible reading rates? |
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http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/ole/eel/concept-map/cosmet3.html
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| | Linux Today - osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness |
| | Based on the survey data of 550 users, this study found that "there is no universal clear-cut TCO basis" to justify a wholesale switch from Windows to Linux. | | | That is, the install for beginners, in the most simple way possible. | | | Linux Today - osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness |
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http://linuxtoday.com/stories/12883.html
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| | relevantive AG - user experience architecture - |
| | relevantive supports clients in the conception, evaluation and deployment of user interfaces. | | | Optimized prompting and intuitive interaction with your Web site or software increases usability, customer satisfaction, and revenue. |
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http://www.relevantive.de/index_e.html
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| | Website Usability - Ensuring User Friendliness |
| | The objective of most web users is to find useful information quickly. | | | Is your site as user friendly as it should be? | | | For an independent review of the usability of your site, contact the Internet Marketing Engine. |
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http://internetmarketingengine.com/website-usability.html
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