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The Case for HCI Design Patterns
A Pattern Language for Human-Computer Interface Design Jenifer Tidwell Comments and reviews requested; send to: jtidwell@alum.mit.edu Note: This page was last updated in 1999. Please visit the author's latest UI patterns work at http://designinginterfaces.com. Thanks!Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application , website, book, tool , machine , process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job function by designers , technical writers , marketing personnel, and others.
