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Information
Architecture Resources
Information Architecture
General
Information Architecture
for the World Wide Web
by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville
User and Task Analysis
for Interface Design
by Joann T. Hackos, Janice C. Redish
Information Architects
by Richard Saul Wurman
Information Anxiety:
What to Do When Information Doesn't Tell You What You Need to Know
by Richard Saul Wurman
WebMonkey IA Tutorial
"Why User Testing
is Good"
Article written by Mike Kuniavsky
IA as a Career
"Becoming an Information
Architect"
Article written by Sacha Cohen, originally published on Monster.com
Success Stories
CIO Magazine -- Bay Networks
NY Times: Good Web Site
Design Can Lead to Healthy Sales (IBM redesign)
Less-Than-Success Stories
Boxed In: Exploring a
Big-Box Store Online
Knowledge Management
Virtual Library on Knowledge
Management
Performance Improvement
The International Society
for Performance Improvement
An independent Webzine
providing resources on Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) and Performance
Centered Design
Accessibility
Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI) Content Accessibility Guidelines
Techniques for an Accessible
Web
Yuri Rubinsky Insight
Foundation: WebABLE!
Microsoft Accessibility
and Disabilities Site
Universal Web Design
by Crystal Waters
US Federal Accessibility
Policy
Policies Relating to
Web Accessibility
United States Access
Board
E-commerce Design
WilsonWeb -- Designing
a Business Web Site
"Branding and Usability,"
User Interface Engineering's Eye for Design, January/February 1999
Why People Shop on the
Web
Jakob Neilsen's Alertbox for Feb 7, 1999
Trust or Bust: Communicating
Trustworthiness in Web Design
Jakob Neilsen's Alertbox for March 7, 1999
Web Usability Illustrated:
Breathing Easier with Your Usable E-Commerce Site
by Eric Schaffer and John Sorflaten; published in The Journal of Electronic
Commerce
Navigation
"Designing Site
Navigation,"
Dmitry Kirsanov. May 1997.
An e-Commerce study that
provides user feedback about pulldown menus as navigational devices
"Web Page Design
for Designers: Navigation."
Web Navigation: Designing
the User Experience, by Jennifer Fleming
Yale C/AIM Style Guide
Web Style Guide : Basic
Design Principles for Creating Web Sites
by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
(paper version of Yale C/AIM Style Guide)
CIO.com Survey: Web
Site Navigation
July 1999
Paper Prototyping
"Paper Prototypes:
Still the Simplest," User Interface Engineering's UIETips, January 21,
1999
Usability
General Information
Usable Web
Jakob Nielsen's Useit.com
Designing Usable and
Visually Appealing Web Sites
The Usability Methods
Toolbox.
Practical how-to information about usability testing.
Books
Designing Web Usability:
The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen
Web Site Usability, A
Designer's Guide
by Jared M. Spool
Do-it-Yourself Usability
Testing
Testing Whether Web Page
Templates are Helpful (Greeked Layouts)
Jakob Neilsen's Alertbox for May 17, 1998
Heuristic Evaluation
by Jakob Neilsen
Columns and Publications
Alertbox
by Jakob Neilsen
Designing Web Usability
by Jakob Neilsen
UIETips (via email; archives
available)
UI Update (via email;
archives available)
current newsletter | past issues
Usability Professionals
User Interface Engineering
Boston, MA
Human Factors International
Fairfield, IA
UserWorks
Silver Spring, MD
Visual
Design
The site of Lynda Weinman,
web graphics guru and author of "Designing Web Graphics."
Designing Web Graphics
3
by Lynda Weinman
Designing Visual Interfaces:
Communication Oriented Techniques,
by Kevin Mueller
The Design of Everyday
Things
by Donald A. Norman
The Non-Designer's Design
Book
by Robin Williams
Elements of User Interface
Design
by Theo Mandel
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
Writing for the Web
Jakob Nielsen's research
on web writing
Style: Ten Lessons in
Clarity and Grace
by Joseph M. Williams
Dynamics in Document
Design: Creating Text for Readers
by Karen A. Schriver
"Writing Well for
the Web: Quick and Easy tips for Non-writers,"
Catherine Titta.
An Ezine for writers,
editors, and others who create content for online media.
Wired Style: Principles
of English Usage in the Digital Age
Plain Language Action
Network (PLAN)
(part of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government)
Writing User Friendly
Documents
PLAN's major guidance document
Web Sites for Builders
Great All-Around Sites
WebReview
Builder.com
ZDNet DevHead
Webmonkey
Tools
PowerMapper
HTML Validators
W3C
Bobby
Delorie HTML Purifier
Net Mechanic
Browser Emulators
Browserola
Win 95 only; requires purchase and download/
Delorie Lynx Viewer
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