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	Jakob Nielsen Biography \| World of Computer Science
		Jakob Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1957 where he went to school.
		For those wondering whether Nielsen advocates total Web site designs (not just a tacking on of something that seems like a good idea at the time), he also preaches the avoidance of any technology that is less than two years old--he feels it needs this time to penetrate to the majority of users.
		Nielsen founded the "discount usability engineering" movement to aid in rapid improvements of the user interface system, one output of which is heuristic evaluation.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/jakob-nielsen-wcs (714 words)

	Demystifying Usability : Jakob Nielsen
		Nielsen's justification for his site seems ridiculous (he says he is "not a visual designer and didn't want to spend money to hire an artist").
		Jakob Nielsen has done a good job of inflaming the people he is supposed to be enlightening.
		Nielsen's famous "heuristics" (guidelines for web usability) are another area that shows that his popularity is more public relations than credit of invention.
	experiencedynamics.blogs.com /site_search_usability/jakob_nielsen/index.html (1638 words)

	Usability - Debian Wiki
		Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular [[tool]] or other human-made [[object]] in order to achieve a particular goal.
		Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance.
		Usability is now recognized as an important software quality attribute, earning its place among more traditional attributes such as performance and robustness.
	wiki.debian.org /Usability (1011 words)

	Macromedia - Press room : Macromedia and Usability Guru Jakob Nielsen Work Together to Improve Web Usability
		Macromedia and Jakob Nielsen will be working together to help designers and developers learn how to take advantage of the opportunities of this new market segment by developing best practices for rich Internet applications.
		Nielsen Norman Group (www.nngroup.com) is a user-experience think tank that advises companies on how to succeed through human-centered design of products and services.
		Nielsen Norman Group principals Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman, and Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini are each world-renowned experts in usability and human use of technology.
	www.macromedia.com /macromedia/proom/pr/2002/macromedia_nielsen.html (711 words)

	Jakob Nielsen Biography
		Nielsen founded the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and has invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation.
		Jakob Nielsen holds a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction from the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen.
		Nielsen's earlier affiliations include Bellcore (Bell Communications Research), the Technical University of Denmark, and the IBM User Interface Institute at the T.J. Watson Research Center.
	www.useit.com /jakob (672 words)

	Becoming a Usability Professional (Alertbox July 2002)
		Usability expertise is mainly an issue of talent and experience rather than theory.
		Much of usability work requires pattern matching, which is why it's so dependent on brain power and past experience: Once you observe slight traces of a usability issue in users' behavior, you must deduce the underlying implications for design.
		Usability testing is such a powerful method that even if you mess it up, you'll get useful results that will significantly improve the design.
	www.useit.com /alertbox/20020722.html (919 words)

	Institute for Technical Documentation: Home
		The Usability Lab was begun by Dr. Karla Kitalong, associate professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in January of 2002.
		Usability Testing, according to usability consultant Jeffrey Rubin, is "the process that employs participants who are representative of the target population to evaluate the degree to which a product meets specific usability criteria.
		The Usability newsletter is an informational newsletter that discusses usability issues and topics that are of interest to those in the academic as well as business sector.
	www.textsandtech.org /~kitalong/ITD/ITDUsability.htm (469 words)

	The Usability Company \| Web Page Usability Guru \| Useworthy November 2001
		Jakob Nielson in the UK Jakob Nielsen the guru of web page usability (New York Times) was recently in the UK presenting as key note speaker Internet Magazine's "Building Successful Web Sites" conference at the QE2 conference centre in London.
		Jakob Nielsen continued his crusade against "evil" by berating the still common errors of designers and content suppliers on the internet.
		The conclusions of Usability's Godfather was that Web evolution would soon sort these problems out as their stupidity, laziness and evil would be their own undoing, in his own form of electronic Darwinism, it seems that Nielsen believes, only the usable will survive.
	www.theusabilitycompany.com /news/newsletter/archive/nov_2001/jakob_nielson.html (236 words)

	Whitney Interactive Design
		Voting may be one of the most difficult usability challenges because it is a task completed by virtually anyone, it is done infrequently, it is never exactly the same because the actual ballot differs for each election, and privacy requirements make it difficult for voters to seek help in using the voting system.
		Usability is important because it provides guidance as to how standards should be met, and can be the link between standards and operational guidelines.
		Although several current voting technologies used paged systems, there may be added usability issues because of the addition of navigational elements to the voting interaction, as well as making it more difficult for the voter to see, at a glance, all of the votes.
	www.wqusability.com /articles/voting-gtri.html (1954 words)

	Usability guru Jakob Nielsen on website accessibility, interview by Sean McManus
		Jakob Nielsen is well-known as a usability expert.
		I don't think usability testing is really a very expensive cumbersome process but on the other hand when there are issues that are already known about there is no need to do a test to find them out for the 100th time.
		That's why I'm advocating a usability approach to accessibility as opposed to a technical approach to accessibility, which I also admit is necessary.
	www.sean.co.uk /a/webdesign/jakobaccessibility.shtm (3033 words)

	IT Conversations: Jakob Nielsen
		To design a usable website, designers need to think how the user is going to use their website rather than present him with what they want him to see.
		Nielsen is generally regarded as the leading authority on usability.
		Nielsen continues to write a fortnightly newsletter on web design matters and has published several books on the subject of web design.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail670.html (442 words)

	Confusability: Is Jakob Nielsen evil, stupid or just plain lazy?
		Jakob himself is guilty of many of the sins he berates others for.
		I have attended the Nielsen roadshow in the past but I would recommend you spend your money on conferences and events that are a little more inclusive instead.
		Now for more general comments about this article: We should note that Jakob Nielsen's voice is being heard and he has accomplished one thing and that is to drive awareness to the general public the importance of usability.
	usability.typepad.com /confusability/2005/06/is_jakob_nielse.html (1911 words)

	Jakob Nielsen
		Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability.
		Usability consulting, training seminars, research reports, and a user experience conference.
		Jakob Nielsen and many other experts confirm this theory.
	www.internetlovefest.com /jakob-nielsen.html (939 words)

	Usability for Technical Communicators (General Usability Resources) - Information & Design
		The usability of an interface is a measure of the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users can achieve specified goals in a particular environment with that interface.
		Technical communication and usability can be considered to share the common goal of enabling people to use systems to complete their tasks.
		Technical communicators are well positioned to add a usability string to their bows, and this can benefit not only themselves, but society at large.
	www.infodesign.com.au /usabilityresources/general/technicalcommunicators.asp (1662 words)

	Usability News - Response: The Backlash against Jakob Nielsen and What it Teaches Us
		I'm pleased to see Nielsen seems to finally be discovering there's more to life than utilitarianism (see User Empowerment and the Fun Factor), although I wonder if Don Norman didn't lock his partner away in the lab that week.
		Talking with Jakob Nielsen that he was much more nuanced in his comments than he typically is in his public statements, which tend to be very fl-and-white.
		Obviously, it's not Nielsen's fault that he's got zealots (who would probably simple-mindedly reduce even his most nuanced statements to slogan) but since his name is the one that's invoked, he gets to bear the brunt of people's irritation.
	www.usabilitynews.com /news/article603.asp (1772 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Homepage Usability, by Jakob Nielsen, Paperback
		Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed is renowned web usability evangelist Jakob Nielsen and research partner Marie Tahir applying web usability metrics—as well as some very interesting commentary backed up with quantitative research and analysis—to some of the most high-profile sites on the web.
		Nielsen, dogmatic don of web usability, and his strategy director Tahir believe that a company needs a well-designed homepage to succeed online.
		Jakob is principal of Nielsen Norman Group; he was previously a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780735711020&pwb=1&z=y (1197 words)

	Amazon.com: Prioritizing Web Usability (VOICES): Books: Jakob Nielsen,Hoa Loranger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jakob Nielsen is a principal of the Nielsen Norman Group and has been called "the world's leading expert on Web usability" by U.S. News and World Report.
		Jakob talks about the importance of your homepage and the average time users spend on it (25-35 seconds) and what can be done to improve the user experience.
		Author Jakob Nielsen has a world-class reputation as Web usability expert since 1995 and this book co-authored by Hoa Loranger proves that he is still going strong.
	www.amazon.com /Prioritizing-Usability-VOICES-Jakob-Nielsen/dp/0321350316 (2369 words)

	Demystifying Usability : How Usable is Jakob Nielsen?
		It seems that this particular article was mostly a personal attack on Jakob-that he had conflicts of interest, that he doesn’t care about graphic design, that he has a bad writing style, etc. These personal attacks, while they may be true, don’t affect the content of his articles.
		Jakob should not have a “Monopoly on Usability Consciousness.” That doesn’t mean we don’t listen to what he says, it just means that we apply it with a grain of salt.
		But I think that Jakob Nielsen is what the world needed that time.
	experiencedynamics.blogs.com /site_search_usability/2004/04/how_usable_is_j.html (3341 words)

	Interview with Jakob Nielsen
		Jakob Nielsen, author of Designing Web Usability and Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed, advises companies on how to make their websites, public or internal, more user-friendly.
		According to Nielsen, that last point is the key to having a website that works well – "keep it simple" is his website mantra.
		If you want to see whether or not they're capable of doing it, which is the usability aspect, you have to have one user at a time sit at the computer and use a website.
	www.onewwworld.com /nielsen.html (1902 words)

	What if Jakob Nielsen had a blog?
		Only when a prospective employer mentioned Nielsen with reverence did I get the clue that the guy is considered to be the authority on many issues of usability and standards.
		I think Jakob Nielsen and Alan Cooper have done our whole field a disservice by peddling the fact that developers are stupid…They’re working within what they know, we work within the stuff we know and nobody ever knows everything.
		I think that Jakob Nielsen’s stuff should be removed from the galaxy…all those bloody rules that don’t fit in any context and lure people into a feeling that you can just get these rules and get it right.
	usability.typepad.com /jakob_nielsen (10166 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - The End of Usability Culture, Redux
		The problem with usability culture is that it has stunted design creativity by focusing on the analytical and editorial.
		Usability culture tends to present rules and statistics that have less business validity than claimed, and that impacts more holistic design considerations.
		While their marketing and brand are only part of the reason for the fortunes of their company, since this brand strategy began in late 2002, they certainly seem to be doing pretty well where it matters most.
	www.digital-web.com /articles/end_of_usability_culture_redux (3509 words)

	LIBR559A: Usability
		The usability of a Web site is a measure of the degree to which a user can understand the navigational structure of a site and find the information they are looking for.
		A certain amount of self-promotion is to be expected since Nielsen is a usability consultant but it is more than acceptable considering the vast amount of content Nielsen has made available.
		Despite serving as a big advertisement for the consulting services of the company there is valuable free content here under Articles and Other Resources from both the usability testing and the user centered design perspectives.
	www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr559a/winter2000/resources/usability.htm (1213 words)

	Classic Planet PDF - Usability Guru advises to avoid PDF for on-screen reading
		In his June 10 "Alertbox" column, Internet usability consultant Jakob Nielsen strongly recommends against the use of PDF for documents intended for on-screen reading.
		In the same column, Nielsen demonstrates a glaring unfamiliarity with the PDF file format, using the acronym interchangeably with the name of the Adobe application used to create and work with PDF documents.
		Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox column for June 10, 2001.
	www.planetpdf.com /mainpage.asp?webpageid=1489 (543 words)

	Usability
		There is a good bit of information available on Usability, and while most of it is aimed at the commercial market, it is usually applicable to a generic web site and so to online educational resources.
		The Usability 101 (more info) issue of Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox column on useit.com gives an in-depth introduction to usability issues: what is it, why is it important, how can you improve it on your sites, etc. There are also links to his other writings dealing with Usability issues.
		There is a lot information here, and although the author uses a fair amount of web jargon, he generally does a good job of explaining it or linking to another area where it is explained.
	serc.carleton.edu /NAGTWorkshops/webdesign/WebsiteDesign/usability.html (409 words)

	hyku \| blog - Reviewing Jakob Nielsen's Weblog Top Ten Design Mistakes - by business blog and social media consultant ...
		Usability guru, Jakob Nielsen has posted a Alertbox update on blog design: Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes.
		As a longtime admirer of the work of web usability expert Jakob Nielsen I was pleased to find today, via a review on Josh Hallett's hyku blog, a link to JN's list of top ten weblog design mistakes, from the point of view of usability, which is a pretty...
		Jakob Nielsen’s alertbox for yesterday discusses the top ten blog design mistakes.
	hyku.com /blog/archives/000822.html (1097 words)

	Amazon.com: Reviews for Prioritizing Web Usability (VOICES): Books: Jakob Nielsen,Hoa Loranger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His reasoning behind prioritizing which usability issues to go after first is sound.
		Those aspects are often not considered and costly when fixed later, unless you have a SEO consultant around all the time who covers it for you.
		It was fascinating how these two looked at sites that at first glance I thought were just fine and then they went to work and bit by bit take them appart, analysed them and finally, 19 comments later, informed you about what you have missed and could still improve on.
	www.amazon.com /Prioritizing-Web-Usability-Jakob-Nielsen/dp/customer-reviews/0321350316 (2167 words)

	10e20 Website Design Latest News - Web Design Guru Jakob Nielsen Sees Flash Challenges
		The potential pitfalls were amply demonstrated in a recently completed study by Nielsen's consulting firm, Nielsen Norman Group, which observed how ordinary Internet users navigated several dozen cutting-edge Web sites prominently featuring applications designed with Flash MX.
		Such usability issues are much more critical with Web applications than desktop software, Nielsen said, because the threshold for frustration is much lower on the Web.
		Nielsen credited Macromedia, which hired him as a consultant earlier this year, for taking usability seriously and paying attention to such issues while Flash is still relatively young.
	www.10e20webdesign.com /website_design_company_latest_news_december_10_web_design_guru_jakob_nielsen_sees_flash_challenges.htm (571 words)

	Usability Information
		However, it is to distinguish between Usability and Usability Engineering.
		Whereas traditional Usability is rather concentrating on testing existing software, Usability Engineering (UE) is including usability methods within the software development process.
		A set of attributes that bear on the effort needed for use, and on the individual assessment of such use, by a stated or implied set of users.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Usability (976 words)

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