Simon Twigger @ MCW

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Jacob Nielsen - Ten Useability Heuristics

By Simon • Apr 11th, 2005 • Category: Tools, Usability

I came across a page entitled ‘Ten Usability Heuristics’ today which outlines ten fundamental concepts that should be borne in mind when designing any thing that people interact with. These are particularly relevant to bioinformatics tools and websites where the data being presented is complicated enough, the user interface should enhance not further obscure the content.