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Tuesday November 14th 2006 is World Usability Day:

World Usability Day 2006 promotes the value of usability engineering
and user-centered design and the belief that every user has the
responsibility to ask for things that work better. The Usability Professionals’ Association
is doing that by encouraging, organizing, and sponsoring 36 hours of
activities at the local level around the globe, all occurring on
November 14, 2006.

The importance of usability is not trivial; it is connected to
important everyday things such as education, healthcare and safety.
Tools and systems that are usable are more effective in teaching
students. Healthcare professionals can be more confident with safer and
understandable tools providing better quality healthcare to their
patients. Government institutions can rely on easy to use and
understandable voting machines to insure accurate and democratic
elections. Usable technology makes a difference to everyone, everywhere
around the world

Usability

Usability is an interesting thing. Many Companies look at it as a hinderance but it is plain common sense with real commercial value. We all love things (and websites in particular) that are easy to use; so why not give that to our clients?

What Can You Do?

• You could sign the World Usability Charter.
• Attend an Event.
• View a Webcast.
• You can even buy the tee-shirt.