Usability resources

• Usability 101: Introduction to Usability
• Usability Guidelines for Applications
• Advanced Common Sense: Steve Krug
• Free Usability Advice
• Nielsen Norman Group
  • Useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's pulpit
  • jnd: just noticeable difference: Don Norman
  • Ask Tog: Bruce Tognazzini
• Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines
• UCSD Library usability resources
• User Interface Engineering: Jared Spool
• Web Design References: Usability: Collection of links from the University of Minnesota.

Accessibility resources

• For Web designers:
  • Accessibility Plan for Page Creators
  • Tips for Page Creators
  • 5-Minute Check for Page Creators
• For Web users:
  • Web Accessibility for People With Disabilities: Find tips for users with impaired vision or cognitive disabilities.

Information architecture resources

• Card sorting tutorial
• Information Architecture Institute
• Information Architecture Tutorial
• Semantic Studios

What not to do

• How to Make an Annoying Web Page
• Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design
• Top 10 Ways to Tell if You Have a Sucky Home Page
• Web Pages That Suck

Publications

• Web Sites That Work: Usability, Navigation, and Accessibility (PPT)
• Black, Roger: "Web Sites That Work" (1997)
• Brink, Tom and Gergle, Darren and Wood, Scott: "Designing Web Sites That Work: Usability for the Web" (2002)
• Burdman, Jessica: "Collaborative Web Development" (1999)
• Johnson, Jeff: "Web Bloopers" (2003)
• Krug, Steve: "Don't Make Me Think" (2000)
• Nielsen, Jakob: "Designing Web Usability" (2000)
• Nielsen, Jakob and Tahir, Marie: "Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed" (2002)
• Pearrow, Mark: "Web Site Usability Handbook" (2000)
• Rosenfeld, Louis and Morville, Peter: "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (1998)
• Spool, Jared: "Web Site Usability — A Designer's Guide" (1999)

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