“Usability” is the new buzzword – most of us in the development world would have at least heard of it by now, and some of us may have even done a bit of reading about it. But saying you’ve read Jakob Nielsen isn’t going to cut the cheese anymore – given solid evidence that it can reduce development time by up to 50%, application of the principles of Usability is quickly becoming a necessity, not just a “nice thing to do”.

So, you’ve heard of it, you know you should follow it’s principles, but you don’t know how. For those of you looking to take the next step, Boxes and Arrows have published a nice “getting started” guide to Usability for RIAs. Check it out!

Usability Heuristics for Rich Internet Applications

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