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12th July 2000

The Smile Project

“The Smile Project is a new website operated by members of the IBM Japan Design Center as part of ongoing efforts to create innovative forms of human-sensible communication through the integration of a variety of communication elements, including, text, pictures and sounds.”

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12th July 2000

Navigation Voodoo

“Magical design schemes with dHTML.” IMG SRC presents six funked-out navigation styles that would be useful if we had STANDARDS! Includes ‘Small Pager Palette,’ ‘onclick PopUp Menu,’ ‘Control Bar Footer Menu,’ ‘Rotation Menu,’ Hierarchical Menu’ and ‘Binder Metaphor.’

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12th July 2000

Testing User Interfaces

“This section of the course will present materials on various approaches to testing user interfaces. While these methods will be presented in the context of testing hypermedia interfaces, the principles and practices you learn should be applicable to a range of interfaces and interface styles. The approaches covered will range from analytical to empirical methods.”

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12th July 2000

Alternativa

Nice! “A web directory for web sites be they design, art, writings, personal narratives or any other inspirational web sites… The sites listed in Alternativa fit in the the following categories. This is not a rule set. All submissions are judged on their own merit: Evolving art and design, Inspirational sites, Cutting-edge technologies, Design masters, Slick interfaces, Flash & Shockwave excellence, Respected organizations and events falling under the Alternativa net, Personal and narrative sites and journals, Resource sites for creating cutting-edge web sites, Experimental or thought-provoking concepts or exercises, Sites that deserve to be shared amongst others.”

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12th July 2000

Testing User Interfaces

“This section of the course will present materials on various approaches to testing user interfaces. While these methods will be presented in the context of testing hypermedia interfaces, the principles and practices you learn should be applicable to a range of interfaces and interface styles. The approaches covered will range from analytical to empirical methods.”

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