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HFI Buttons

Around 1982 HFI issued a button that said "Know Thy Users, for They are Not You". It was given away at a few tradeshows and to our surprise the button traveled around the world. Unfortunately, the button did not even have our name on it. But we learned from that.

Today we do not even have a single copy of that original button (we would sure like one!). But we have a long history of giving away buttons about usability. While we STILL make the "Know Thy Users" button; there has been quite a collection of additional buttons.

HFI is famous for its colorful and popular usability buttons.

Avoid horizontal scrolling
Avoid horizontal scrolling
Design is Contextual
Design is Contextual
Don't guess - TEST
Don't guess - TEST
Loading simplicity...
Loading simplicity...
Oozing Uzability
Oozing Uzability
If it's not needed, It's not needed
If it's not needed, It's not needed
Usability or lose ability
Usability or lose ability
Have MERCY on your Help Desk
Have MERCY on your Help Desk
Usability spanks Confusability
Usability spanks Confusability
Usable: Easy to learn, hard to forget, easy to explain
Usable: Easy to learn, hard to forget, easy to explain
Test sites, not users
Test sites, not users
Yes, I have research to back me up
Yes, I have research to back me up
What's not usable is inexc-usable
What's not usable is inexc-usable
Internationalization: it's not just translation
Internationalization: it's not just translation
Beauty isn't only screen deep
Beauty isn't only screen deep
Think globally...act usably
Think globally...act usably
Design it - Brain Dead Simple
Design it Brain Dead Simple
Designing SIMPLE is difficult
Designing SIMPLE is difficult
No you can't just find it in the manual
No you can't just explain it in the manual
It's easy to be hard…….it's hard to be easy
It's easy to be hard...it's hard to be easy
KNOW THY USERS - FOR THEY ARE NOT YOU
KNOW THY USERS - FOR THEY ARE NOT YOU
Cool = Usable
Cool = Usable
Ease of use - doesn't come easy
Ease of Use ...doesn't come easy
If the user can't find it, the function's not there.
If the user can't find it, the function's not there.
Usability is Free
Usability is Free
Make Usability Routine
Make Usability Routine
Standards……hurt so good
Standards ...hurt so good
usability tested - eventually
All software gets usability tested - eventually
To Err is Human but they'll blame you.
To Err is Human but they'll blame you.
Users are not designers
Users are not designers
Fear it! Back
Fear it! Back
Usability Professionals (not gurus)
Usability Professionals (not Gurus)
Stumped for Days in a Website Maze
Stumped for Days in a Website Maze
Less is More
Less is More
Usability is not just - Testing
Usability it's not just - Testing
Wiggly Stuff is Distracting.
Wiggly Stuff is Distracting.
User-Centered Solutions
User-Centered Solutions
GUI Standards - Hurt So Good
GUI Standards - Hurt So Good
Where's the design challenge?
Where's the Design Challenge?
web rage
web rage not allowed
GUI Usability - It's easy to be hard and hard to be easy.
GUI Usability - It's easy to be hard and hard to be easy.
USE YOUR GUI TOOLS (Don't play with them)
USE YOUR GUI TOOLS
(Don't play with them)
ACCESSIBILITY & USABILITY 90 DAYS Are you Ready
ACCESSIBILITY & USABILITY 90 DAYS
Are You Ready?