Ben Shneiderman has claimed one of the key features of usability design is universality. In other words, high quality designers build an interface that is so universally usable that it is accessible and successful for over 90% of all households.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
My Search for Usability Design
Is Design = Usability?
Design --> Usability?
Design=Form and Usability=Function?
Are there any models for social usability?
I have been twisting my brain searching for the answer to the question "What is usability?" In this philosophical search I am reminded of the quest to define "What is quality?" in the book Zen & The Art of Motorcyle Maintenantance. Is there "a" answer?
I have been searching the research literature to find what the scholars say. In the Human Computer Interaction field Jacob Nelisen system acceptability model (see fig below) and Ben Schneirdman's universal usability are the recent experts on the topic.
Here is a concept map of Nielsen's framework
Jeng's What Is Usability in the Context of the Digital Library and How Can It Be Measured? (2005) prepared this literature review chart of the what others name as the attributes to usability.
Design --> Usability?
Design=Form and Usability=Function?
Are there any models for social usability?
I have been twisting my brain searching for the answer to the question "What is usability?" In this philosophical search I am reminded of the quest to define "What is quality?" in the book Zen & The Art of Motorcyle Maintenantance. Is there "a" answer?
I have been searching the research literature to find what the scholars say. In the Human Computer Interaction field Jacob Nelisen system acceptability model (see fig below) and Ben Schneirdman's universal usability are the recent experts on the topic.
Here is a concept map of Nielsen's framework
Jeng's What Is Usability in the Context of the Digital Library and How Can It Be Measured? (2005) prepared this literature review chart of the what others name as the attributes to usability.
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