User Experience

Usability Engineering in Hong KongHong Kong was a British colony until 1997, and in the mid-1990s most schools were using English as a first language. Most people can read and write […]

Usability Engineering in Japan First Era of Human Factors in Japan After World War II and especially during the Korean War, human factors and ergonomics emerged rapidly in Japan. This […]

Usability Engineering in New ZealandUsability is a young industry in New Zealand. For example, the University of Waikato Usability Lab was the first dedicated usability facility in New […]

The View From Here: Who Would Want to Do Usability? I have always been struck how certain people are attracted—often passionately—to the field of usability. Once they have been exposed to it, it seems tha […]

What's News: Speck-tacular ComputersThe talking trees in Lord of the Rings or The Wizard of Oz may be coming soon to a forest near you. A group of computer science, electronic engineering, […]

<!–:en–>Editor's Note: Go East, Young Man or Woman<!–:–>Having just completed my first year as editor-in-chief, my thoughts turn to the future, but in a special way—eastward—as the theme of this issue loo […]

Designing an Arabic User Interface: Methods and Techniques for Bridging Cultures In early 2003, Pathfinder Associates contracted with a large user interfaces in Arabic.  The project was to create data gathering and logistics […]

Usability for the Planet: World Usability Day 2005 World Usability Day 2005 was a smashing success. Our own community knows how important usability is, but we didn’t predict how much of a chord we c […]

Developing a Symbol System for the Healthcare Industry Medical facilities in general, and hospitals in particular, are often seen as unfriendly places. Visits can be a cause of stress for patients and the […]

Analyze This: A Task Analysis Primer for Web Design Task analysis may be one of the most important methods that usability professionals bring to a user-interface design project. In our experience, […]

<!–:en–>Personal Usability: How Can We Make Ourselves More Usable to Others?<!–:–>I introduced the concept of personal usability to World Usability Day attendees in New York on November 3, 2005. The audience had come to hear about the […]

<!–:en–>User Experience: What? So What? What Now?<!–:–>“User Experience” is a phrase that seems to be catching on in many places. I have been in contact with the directors of user experience at several maj […]

<!–:en–>Matters of Life and Death (Issue 4.3)<!–:–> Articles in this issue are available in Acrobat PDF format. If you would like an accessible version, please let us know. Matters of Life & Death: […]

Moving into the Executive Suite (Issue 4.2) Some articles in this issue are available in Acrobat PDF format. If you would like an accessible version, please let us know. Usability […]

Usable Voting (Issue 4.1) Some articles in this issue are available in Acrobat PDF format. If you would like an accessible version, please let us know. Automobile […]

<!–:en–>Power Play (Issue 3.3)<!–:–> Getting Gamers Using consumer research to understand players. By Nicki Shovar Why We Play Games When frustration becomes fun By Nicole Lazzaro Show […]

Really How Many Users Do You Need to Test (Issue 4.4) Articles in this issue are available in Acrobat PDF format. If you would like an accessible version, please let us know. Becoming Agile: […]

<!–:en–>The Power of One (Issue 3.2)<!–:–> Time Warp Forget changes ahead. India’s future is now. By Apala Lahiri Chavan Swimming Upstream Usability in Israel is making a splash as it goes f […]

[:en] Citizen-Centric Computing (Issue 3.1)[:] [:en] Peak Performance A new approach to the Department of Health and Human Services portal gave more power to the people. by Mary F. Theofanos, […]

[:en]Keeping Your Distance: Remote usability testing or the lab?[:][:en]Many people find it’s tough to do their best when they are being watched. Psychologists call the stress and task impairment that ac- companies […]