iPad Usability - First Findings From User Testing

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for May 10 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html
		
Summary:
iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with
frequent user errors due to accidental gestures. An overly strong print
metaphor and weird interaction styles cause further usability problems.
				
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Usability Week 2010 conference

  * London, UK: May 16-21
  * San Francisco, CA: June 14-19
  * Toronto, Canada: August 9-14

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

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NEW COURSE: Web Design 101

The good news is that we know a lot about Web usability after 16 years of
user research. The bad news is that this means that our conference
seminars are getting to be very thorough and specialized: 2 days on IA, 2
days on applications (with 3 additional days on complex apps), 2 days on
intranets, 2 days on writing for the Web, 2 days about visual design, 2
days on mobile, a day on email usability, a day on social features, a day
just about forms, a day on personas, a day on user psychology, a day on
user testing (followed by another day on other user research methods and a
day on how to move from user data to great design), and so on.

To counteract this trend of ever-increasing (and ever-more overwhelming)
knowledge, we have now packaged the most important stuff into ONE DAY
targeted at people who are new to Web design:

  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/tutorials/web_design.html

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Last chance to save £150 on LONDON registrations
and 10% on SAN FRANCISCO:
  * This Friday, May 14