Projects & Associations

• Association for Computing Machinery SIG:Computer-Human Interaction
• BetterDesktop.org
• freedesktop.org
• Gnome Usability Project
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• OpenUsability.org
• Society for Technical Communication SIG:Usability
• Usability Professionals Association

Association for Computing Machinery SIG:Computer-Human Interaction

ACM SIGCHI, the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI).

BetterDesktop.org

Better Desktop is a project dedicated to sharing usability data with Linux developers. Over the past year, we have conducted many usability tests on different parts of the KDE and GNOME desktops. We created this site to serve as a place where developers can watch videos of these tests.

freedesktop.org

freedesktop.org is open source / open discussion software projects working on interoperability and shared technology for X Window System desktops.

Gnome Usability Project

The Usability Project strives to make the GNOME experience as pleasant and efficient as possible. The project aims both to aid developers in their efforts to create intuitive applications, and to lead by creating designs and detailed mockups toward a cohesive and beautiful new generation of the GNOME desktop. The Usability Project achieves these goals through the creation of an interface guide defining and evolving the GNOME user interface, working with maintainers to find existing interaction problems through user testing, and the visual/interactive engineering of new desktop components.

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.

OpenUsability.org

OpenUsability is a project that brings open source developers and usability experts together. The idea behind is simple: There are many Usability Experts who want to contribute to software projects. And there are many developers who want to make their software more usable, and - as a consequence - more successful. OpenUsability provides the instruments to manage the interaction between developers and usability experts.

Society for Technical Communication SIG:Usability

The Usability and User Experience Community is a community of practice within STC, the Society for Technical Communication. Until the STC Transformation in 2004, it as known as the STC Usability SIG. With over 1800 members from around the world, it is a forum for promoting the practice of usability. Members range from those just starting to incorporate usability techniques into their work to those for whom it is the primary focus of its work.

Usability Professionals Association

The Usability Professionals’ Association supports usability specialists, people from all aspects of human-centered design, and the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience in promoting the design and development of usable products.

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