User Experience Books Free to Read Online

Posted on Wednesday, 27th January 2010 in UX by Simon

The truly worldwide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realisation among computer scientists and industry professionals of the enormous importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become understood about what works in user interfaces from a usability perspective, and what does not.

The following are free-to-read books on user experience, available online:

Human Computer Interaction

Mental Models in Human-Computer Interaction: Research Issues About What the User of Software Knows by John M. Carroll and Judith Reitman Olson
HCI Models, Theories and Frameworks: Toward a Multi-disciplinary Science by John M. Carroll

Interaction Design

Search User Interfaces by Marti A. Hearst
Designing Interfaces – Patterns for Effective Interaction Design by Jenifer Tidwell
Thoughts on Interaction Design by Jon Kolko. with contributions from Ellen Beldner, Uday Gajendar, Chris Connors and Justin Petro

Web Accessibility

Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design by Shawn Henry
Building Accessible Websites by Joe Clarke
Dive Into Accessibility: 30 Days to a More Accessible Website by Mark Pilgrim

If there are any more you think need or can be added to the list, please leave a comment.

(via The UX Bookmark)

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Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminars

Thursday, 11th February 2010

Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design) is a Stanford University course that features weekly speakers on topics related to human-computer interaction design. The seminar is organized by the Stanford HCI Group, which works across disciplines to understand the intersection between humans and computers.

Lund's Expert Ratings of Usability Maxims

Thursday, 19th November 2009

Published in the “Ergonomics in Design” journal in 1997, Arnie Lund collected and created this list of 34 rules-of-thumb that were found particularly useful during the design process by colleagues working in the human-computer interaction (HCI) design field.

Future Directions for Rich Internet Applications

Thursday, 19th July 2007

Rich Internet Applications are just the beginning. A key trend taking place throughout the Web industry is the urgency to integrate disparate systems and software tools to reduce costs, increase developer productivity, reduce the need for manual processing and intervention in transactions, and decrease time to market. To achieve these objectives, organisations have endorsed the adoption of standards-based systems combined with the migration to Web Services and Service Orientated Architecture. This has led to a requirement to create a consistent and intuitive interface to applications, data and services. The immediate goal of these efforts is to provide simpler, quicker and more efficient access and processing of information.