Re: Usability Studies

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 01:25:52PM -0800, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> If you are already doing something like this, I would like to know about 
> your experiences. Are there some people at RedHat actively working on this? 

#include <autolawyer.h>
s/RedHat/Red Hat/ btw 8)

> Are there people in the various software communities that are doing this? 

Yes there are - Sun and others have been working on Gnome usability for some
time - its why Gnome no longer has 200 CD players and 4 different clock
applets for example

> Do you know where I can go for more information so that I can stand on the 
> shoulders of giants rather than walk in their shadows? Please let me know 
> if you know about anything related to this. I am particular interested in 
> community, non-profit usability studies.

Outside of UI itself but very often cited is the excellent book
"The Design Of Everyday Things"