Fresh vs. Familiar: How Aggressively to Redesign

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for September 21 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/familiar-design.html

Summary:
Users hate change, so it's usually best to stay with a familiar design and
evolve it gradually. In the long run, however, incrementalism eventually
destroys cohesiveness, calling for a new UI architecture.
			
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Usability Week 2009 conference

  > Las Vegas, NV: October 11-17
  > Berlin, Germany: November 15-20

Full program:
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We need student volunteers to help out with the conference in both Las
Vegas and Berlin. This is a great opportunity to get free entry to
presentations by world-class experts and to meet hundreds of experienced
user experience professionals in the audience. Duties are light: mainly
distributing handouts and handling the microphone during Q&A.

If you are a full-time student and interested in volunteering, please send
email to our conference manager at one of these addresses with a few
paragraphs about your background and current studies:

  > [email protected]
  > [email protected]