[WEB4LIB] Re: Web Site usability guidelines

[Gimon, Charles A]

Indeed. I wanted to see if they had anything to say about validation, but
they don't seem to offer any means of searching their site. I decided not to
go through the process of retrieving and scanning every page on my own, one
by one.

I'm really starting to think that many--maybe not all, but many--usability
studies are pure, unadulterated bunkum. 

Believe me, I could go on (and on and on...), but thankfully, I have real
work to do.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Dowling [mailto:tdowling at ohiolink.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 3:34 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Web Site usability guidelines
> 
> 
> > The U.S. National Cancer Institute did a major re-design of 
> their web
> site,
> > concentrating on usability, and they produced some 
> guidelines that other
> > web developers may find useful.
> >
> > http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/
> 
> Good thing they're developing their own guidelines, as none 
> of their pages
> will get past Bobby.
> 
> There's some good stuff in there, but if you're going to reinvent the
> wheel, it should at least come out round in the end.
> 
> 
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
>