Web Usability
Amberlight's extensive collection of HCI and design texts are freely available to our clients, partners and friends. Contact us for more information.
HCI Design | Usability Testing | HCI Consulting | Mobile & Handheld Usability | Web Usability | General Design | Psychology | Accessibility | Information Architecture | Localisation and Cross-Cultural Design | Persuasive Technology | Software Engineering | Gaming, Fun and Interactive Entertainment
Practical Web Traffic Analysis
Tips on using web-traffic analysis to learn about your users. Also, advice on current standards and privacy issues related to monitoring web traffic. Real examples from eBay and the BBC.
Web Bloopers
Johnson describes real-life design disasters on the web, and how to avoid them yourself.
Designing Web Usability
The undisputed guru of web usability offers a comprehensive approach to the design of usable web sites and services.
Homepage Usability
Jakob Nielsen looks at fifty actual sites to provide examples of good and bad web design.
Online Communities
Preece looks at how virtual communities are formed on the web, and how site designers can best support them through usability and social mechanisms.
E-Commerce Usability
Travis discusses a customer-centric approach to e-commerce in an accessible volume that does not require a background in usability.
The Art and Science of Web Design
Beyond usability: this book looks at the whole picture of web design and development from advertising to browser support. Essential read for project managers and anyone in the web industry who wants to know what is going on beyond their own desk.
Site Seeing
Finally, a book that brings together the principles of usability and good visual design. How to make your website aesthetically pleasing, clean, uncluttered and designed for task effectiveness. What a great idea!
What's New
Amberlight unveils new look offices
Amberlight has revealed their new-look offices including state-of-the-art equipment for viewing and recording tests.
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