HCI Bibliography

ACM SIGCHI is the special interest group on Computer-Human Interaction of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). They provide a very comprehensive link collection as well as a bibliography database with more than 50000 listed publications.

http://www.hcibib.org

InfoDesign

News and links to hundreds of articles and resources on information design.

http://www.informationdesign.org

A List Apart

Hundreds of comprehensive articles, mainly on Web design and Web technology.

http://www.alistapart.com

tcworld

Online magazine for international information management.

http://www.tcworld.info

Boxes and Arrows

Lots of interesting articles on design, including graphic design, interaction design and information architecture.

http://www.boxesandarrows.com

User Interface Engineering

Provides a large collection of excellent, detailed articles.

http://www.uie.com

UXmatters

Following its motto “Insights and inspiration for the user experience community”, UXmatters provides a wealth of excellent articles on user experience and user assistance.

http://www.uxmatters.com

Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Bi-weekly column on Web usability by Dr. Jakob Nielsen. For good reasons this probably is THE most frequently linked and cited web site in the Web usability community.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Jakobs Alertbox

Deutsche Übersetzung zahlreicher Beiträge aus Jakob Nielsens “Alert Box”.

http://www.usability.ch/Alertbox/main.htm

Don Norman jnd website

Dozens of great essays on product design. The section labeled “In Praise of Good Design” illustrates products that have some special positive characteristic worthy of comment.

http://www.jnd.org

KommDesign.de Informationsarchitektur

Zahlreiche Artikel und Kurzinfos zum Thema Web Design. Vieles lässt sich auch auf Online-Hilfen übertragen. Kompetent und unterhaltsam geschrieben.

http://www.kommdesign.de

GUIdebook

Numerous examples of user interfaces, from the stone age of computing to the most recent innovations. Great examples for everybody interested in GUI design.

http://www.guidebookgallery.org

Dr. Web Magazin

Online-Magazin für Webdesigner in deutscher Sprache. Mischung aus kostenpflichtigen und freien Informationsangeboten.

http://www.drweb.de

grafiker.de

Umfassendes Portal und Netzwerk zum Thema Grafik und Design.

http://www.grafiker.de

Userfocus

Collection of comprehensive articles on usability and user experience.

http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/

Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines

Comprehensive guidelines published by Microsoft.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx

SAP Design Guild

Various user interface design resources published by SAP.

http://www.sapdesignguild.org

The Usability Methods Toolbox

Provides brief explanations of the most common methods used in usability testing.

http://usability.jameshom.com

STC Usability Toolkit

Collection of forms, checklists and other useful documents for conducting usability tests and user interviews. Go to “Usability Resources / Usability Toolkit”.

http://www.stcsig.org/usability/

Design Methoden Finder

Hervorragende Übersicht über zahlreiche Designmethoden, nicht nur für Designer.

http://www.designmethodenfinder.de

UsabilityNet

There’s some good information and downloads on this site, especially on usability engineering methods. Funded by the European Union.

http://www.usabilitynet.org

Usability Institute

Provides a collection of usability examples and checklists.

http://www.usabilityinstitute.com

Usability.gov

Usability basics, methods, templates, guidelines and other resources, provided by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

http://www.usability.gov

UI Style Guides

Provides links to a number of user interface style guides.

http://experiencedynamics.com/science-usability/ui-style-guides

Vischeck

Simulates colorblind vision. You can upload both image files and HTML files.

http://www.vischeck.com

Browser Size

Visually indicates the percentage of users who can see a certain section of a web page without scrolling.

http://browsersize.googlelabs.com

randomtext

Lorem ipsum and gibberish dummy text generator. Exports as text, as well as HTML tagged paragraphs, lists, and headings.

http://www.randomtext.me

Lorem Ipsum

Dummy text generator for various languages.

http://www.lipsum.com

Blindtexte

Einfacher Blindtextgenerator. Liefert Blindtexte unterschiedlicher Länge in den Sprachen Deutsch und Latein.

http://www.blindtexte.de

The Cooper Journal

“A blog about design, business and the world we live in”. By Cooper.

http://www.cooper.com/journal/

Screen Space

“Blog and podcast about users, texts, and technology”. By Jennifer L. Bowie.

http://www.screenspace.org

Touch Usability

“News and research on touch interface usability”. By Kevin Arthur.

http://www.touchusability.com