WEBSITE USABILITY RESOURCES

Usability is an essential element of effective web site design. The following web site usability links address current subjects such as effective site navigation, user interface design, possible site design mistakes, and helpful books.

• Advanced Common Sense
  Web usability consultant Steve Krug provides usability reviews and site design problem-solving. Author of Shari's favorite web site design and usability book "Don't Make Me Think."
  
  
• Edward Tufte
  Edward Tufte is a Professor Emeritus at Yale University who specializes in informational and interface design. Get information about his books and his outstanding, informative seminars.
  
  
• Usability News
  Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL)
  University of Wichita
  Free online newsletter that is addresses interface design for software and web sites, usability testing, and human-computer interaction.
  
  
• Usability Professionals' Association
  Non-profit, usability organization features include newsletters, seminars, conferences, and links to user interface design resources.
  
  
• User Interface Engineering
  Popular usability expert Jared Spool's web site provides training courses, publications, resources, online articles, and conferences for web site developers and designers.
  
  
• UseIt.com's Alert Box
  User interface design and web site usability articles by well-known usability expert Jakob Nielsen.