World Usability Day

"Why doesn't this work better? Why can't they make this easier?” World Usability Day is for all the people who've ever asked questions like these.

This annual worldwide series of events, organized by the Usability Professionals' Association, promotes awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design, Earth Day style.

The next World Usability Day will be held on Tuesday, 14 November 2006

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World Usability Day 2005

The 36 hours of World Usability Day 2005 started with a breakfast in New Zealand and ended at DUX 2005 conference on the west coast of the United States. In between, over 115 events took place in 35 countries.

List of the 115 events held on 3 November 2005
Event reports from the UPA Voice, December 2005
The Accessibility Channel's audio archive (note: requires Internet Explorer):
HFI, Techsmith and Michigan State University study on online travel sites

Press Coverage

Why are tech gizmos so hard to figure out? - Ed Baig, USA Today, Nov 2, 2005 - USA
The Secret of Making Things Work - Max Gadney, BBC, Nov 1, 2005 - UK
Pushing the right buttons requires a human touch , Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 31 1, 2005 - Australia
Usability question comes of age, The Hindu, Nov 5 - India
Plaedoyer für mehr Benutzerfreundlicherkeit (Advocacy for Usability) - Deutschlandfunk, Nov 5 - Germany
Better Design From The Usability Pros - Kathleen McGinn Spring, US 1 Newspaper. Nov 2, 2004 - New Jersey, US
World Usability Day in Command N (at 7:40 in the video stream), CommandN, Episode #19, Oct 24, 2005 - Online
World Usability Day: "Making it Easy" for Technology Users Garth A. Buchholz, Peachpit Press, Sep 23, 2005
Vardag full av teknik tillägnas speciell dag - Annika Berge, Sveriges Radio, Nov 3, 2005 - Sweden

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