The recalled Jeep shifter that may have been involved in Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin’s death is a straightforward example of how things get harder to use when you take controls out of hardware ...

Great user interface design is invisible. But when bad designs pop up, it can complicate an otherwise simple process. User Inyerface, a short web game created by Bagaar, is an example of what ...

Bad user interfaces may be more expensive than you think, including software your company buys as well as software your company writes. For example, everybody knows that Microsoft Word, Excel, and ...

A good interface shouldn't be noticed by the user. There should be consistency in the design of whatever websites or applications in order to offer the user a feeling of control. In the sense that ...

Once you think your user interface is good, what can you do to ensure it really is? Try out different design ideas before committing to them. This will greatly minimize the risk of costly and time ...

* An example of a badly done user interface So there I am, dutifully filling out a survey about our new my.super-duper-security-group.org bulletin board system when I finish the last question and ...

According to Jared Spool; writer, researcher, and founding principal of User Interface Engineering, “If it’s not usable, it’s not secure.” That is, if you put protections in place on your website and ...

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