Latest Usability Stories
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- NXP Software, a leader in mobile multimedia, participated in the "Taste 2009, blending design and technology" initiative during the recent Dutch Design Week, the Netherlands' leading design event. "Taste 2009" allowed NXP Software to gather direct feedback from visitors including designers, developers, students and the general public. To gather end-user insights and feedback, the company conducted a user survey on one of its voice...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarah Kling, CEO of UEVision, will be speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City on November 17th. The title of her presentation is, "Bootstrap Usability: Enhancing Your Product on a Shoestring Budget," and will highlight how using smart, simple, and inexpensive usability enhancements can improve products and deliver big returns without huge time and money investments. The presentation will include real world examples of usability enhancements that...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 14, 2009, CWS Software received an Outstanding Achievement award from the Interactive Media Awards (IMA) for its TimeOut Web application. This honor was awarded to TimeOut, an online application designed to track employees' time out of the office, based on the application's design, content, functionality, usability, standards compliance and innovation in technical features. In order to win this award level, the site had to meet strict...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced its ability to provide in-house Usability Lab services to outside companies. The Usability Lab provides a disciplined approach to product development that incorporates user centric feedback throughout the process. "New product development lends itself to a host of potential obstacles, many of which could be overcome with preemptive testing," said Paul Venuti, Director, Development Services, Sony Online...
LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Gomez, Inc. (www.gomez.com), the leader in Web application experience management, and the Nielsen Norman Group, experts in user experiences, will participate in a Target Marketing Group Webinar designed to help Web marketers and publishers optimize their visitors' Web experiences. When: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 2:00 P.M. E.D.T. Presenters: Amy Schade, Director, Nielsen Norman Group and Matt Poepsel, Vice President of Performance Strategies,...
NEWBURY, England, September 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Since April 2008, P&O Ferries has been using Speed-Trap's customer insight technology on its freight and passenger websites. Previously using Webtrends http://www.webtrends.com P&O Ferries wanted more flexibility and immediacy in the customer information gathered from the site. Through being able to instantly draw information from new web pages http://tr.im/stcap without either waiting for new tags to be configured or for the...
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Human Factors International (HFI), the global user experience design leader, announces the next episode of its free professional webcast series. The new one-hour installment titled, "An Award-Winning Commitment to Usability: Verizon turns HFI training into improved service for customers; industry awards for online customer service excellence," will be hosted by April McGee, HFI Regional VP with special guest, Mark Studness, Director of E-Commerce, Verizon....
CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile application interfaces offer unique challenges when designing for the user experience. Limited screen size, navigation restrictions and broad audience experience levels pose hurdles that, if not carefully considered, can derail even the most valuable applications. With developers and carriers racing to offer customers the ability to do just about everything on their mobile phones, observing some basic usability guidelines smooth the path for both...
COPENHAGEN, August 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - Milestone Significantly Reduces the Time and Costs of Video Surveillance Management With Configuration Wizards and Dynamic Administration Functionality for Faster Deployments, Intuitive Operations and Flexible, Easy Maintenance. Milestone Systems, the open platform company for IP video management software, announces version 7.0 of XProtect(TM) Enterprise. With a new administration interface and tools such as system configuration...
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bintro (www.Bintro.com), a semantic opportunity matchmaking service for individuals and businesses, announced today its addition of ontology databases, Freebase and Geonames. This addition allows Bintro to increase and define new opportunity matching categories with more precise understanding of geographic location. Bintro's internal research indicates that approximately 98% of all 'Needs' -- meaning a user request for an opportunity match -- fit within...
