Remote Control Anarchy

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for June 7 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040607.html

Summary:
The six remote controls required for a simple home theater illustrate
the problems caused by complexity and inconsistency in user interfaces.

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Announcing the User Experience 2004 conference

   > Las Vegas, October 3-8
   > Amsterdam, November 1-6

Our biggest conference ever, with 33 full-day tutorials, including
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The best-selling seminar, Tog on Interaction Design, is now two days to
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Content Usability 2 with advanced topics is new, giving the 859 people who
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Many other new topics, including:
   > web-based applications
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   > using techniques from comics to communicate online
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