Low-End Media for User Empowerment

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 21 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030421.html

Summary:
Fancy media on websites typically fails user testing.
Simple text and clear photos not only communicate better with users,
they also enhance users' feeling of control and thus support the
Web's mission as an instant gratification environment.

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Usability Week 2003: San Francisco, May 12-16

Introducing a new format:
  > 3-day intensive camp: Usability in Practice

Also 1-day tutorials on specialized topics:

  > Intranet Usability 
  > Web Metrics: Measuring Website Successes
  > Application Design Bloopers 
  > Investor Relations Website Usability 
  > E-Mail Newsletter Usability 

The main conference hotel is now fully booked, but we have secured an
additional block of discounted rooms at a very nice hotel next door. In
general, you don't need to worry about finding a place to stay since we
are two blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco: there are
plenty of hotels less than five minutes' walk from our conference hotel.

More info and full program (including hotel info):	
   http://www.nngroup.com/events

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Best intranets of 2003

Submit your intranet for the design competition for this year's
top-10 intranets. Deadline: May 5.

More info: 
   http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2003