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Principles of Universal Design | Wed 29 Aug

The authors, a working group of architects, product designers, engineers and environmental design researchers, collaborated to establish the following Principles of Universal Design to guide a wide range of design disciplines including environments, products, and communications. These seven principles may be applied to evaluate existing designs, guide the design process and educate both designers and consumers about the characteristics of more usable products and environments. (Comments: Useful pictures demonstrate the principles.)

Fri 15 Mar 20:10 | Catherine Weidum | I WANT MY DESK TOP ICON fOR GOOGLE TO BE A CAPITAL 'G'

Driving, Death, and Usability | Wed 17 Oct

(WebWord) This article discusses turn signals and how they are used. Turn signals improve safety because they give people time to react and they reduce driving ambiguity. However, they are only effective when people actually use them. Several lessons are applied to web usability. (Comments: The original title of this article was simply Turn Signals.)

Wed 13 Mar 13:53 | caz | how many people have died by underage driving?

Wed 13 Mar 13:54 | caz | how many people have died by underage driving?

Wed 13 Mar 13:54 | caz | how many people have died by underage driving?