Category: Usability

Usability and Accessibility Legislation and Legal Rights

April 10, 2014 Article

2011/02/09 – Published International Standards International projects should be constructed in consideration of the most stringent standards this is expected to be those pertaining to the USA, but also to include ISO9241 guidelines; Australia Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission – http://www.hreoc.gov.au/ The Act provides key legal standards which inform their Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dda1992264). Read More

Usable security in investment banking and wealth management

April 10, 2014 Article

2011/01/17 – Published 1.0  Usability principles in security systems Security and trust are vital principals in building interpersonal and business relationships. These same principles should be employed to both directly and indirectly communicate with users. The following post shows how the construction of password reset challenge questions tell a narrative story of capability and intention as Read More

UCD creates a method for innovation

December 20, 2008 Article

I was recently challenged on why UCD should innovate at all? A fair question as UCD has been seen as quite a passive activity, that is either intrinsic “yes we are all user focused”, meaning no user research is done* or done as an after thought so does not effect projects at the right point (stage Read More

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