HKID Tips and Techniques HKID in Print Useful and Interesting Websites Recommended Books on User Interface Design and Usability Referral Network HKID Tips and Techniques Boca Raton News Interview: For Web Site Success, Keep It Simple This Boca Raton News Q&A with Harris Kravatz describes common web site design mistakes and provides tips on designing easy-to-use web sites. 10 Tips for Designing Easy-to-Use Websites Follow these tips to make your site easy for users. Tips for Increasing Conversion Rates How to make it easy to find and buy products online. HKID in Print Develop User-Centered Web Applications, by Harris Kravatz, Christian Pantel, and Tara Ehrcke, E-Business Advisor. This article describes a process for user-centered design of web applications and discusses how this methodology was successfully introduced in a large-scale university web project. Taking Portals Personally: A Design Review Web Review: A review of the personalization features of 5 top portals. Useful and Interesting Websites How Users Read on the Web Critical article from Jakob Nielsen and John Morkes. IBM's Ease of Use site Excellent info on User-Centered Design principles and guidelines. Usability Professionals' Association Great site by the leading industry group. Useit.com Usability guru Jakob Nielsen's site. Recommended Books on User Interface Design and Usability Thanks to the Amazon Associates program, if you purchase a book by clicking on a link below, I will get a small commission and you will get my thanks! Cooper, Alan, (1995). About Face 2.0. IDG Books Worldwide. A refreshing, irreverant look at user interface design by the Father of Visual Basic. Krug, Steve, (2000). Don't Make Me Think. New Riders. Funny, insightful, and easy to read. Nielsen, Jakob, (1999). Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. New Riders Publishing. The latest book from the guru of usability. Nielsen, Jakob, (1994). Usability Engineering. AP Professional. The first book any new usability practitioner should own. Easy to read and informative. Contains practical information you can start using today. Norman, Don, (2002). The Design of Everyday Things Basic Books. The first book to read for anyone interested in designing for users. Siegel, David, (1997) Secrets of Successful Web Sites: Project Management on the World Wide Web Hayden Books. A beautifully illustrated, well written and informative book that takes us through the design and development process step by step. Excellent examples and tools for the project manager. Tognazzini, Bruce, (1996). Tog on Software Design. Addison-Wesley. Easy to read, insightful and funny from the interface guru of Apple and Sun. Object-Oriented Interface Design, IBM Common User Access Guidelines (1992). QUE. An object-oriented user interface primer and reference that every user interface designer should read. The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design (1995). Microsoft Press. A must read for anyone who designs Windows software. Referral Network Clientize  Online surveys, profiles, eNewsletters