7 Simple Elements

Whilst discussing primary and secondary buttons on websites (the kinds of chats we have here), I came across an informative article from Sun's Web Application Guidelines.  There are really good points and examples included in the body, such as:

"In some situations, such as where the user might lose a large amount of input data, present a confirmation alert before allowing a Cancel action. Also, when the meaning of the action is not clear, additional and/or different text may be used, such as "Cancel Wizard" and "Return to Wizard.""

7 Simple Elements

Usability for Medical Devices: A New International Standard

And this is where I get 'extra geeky'.

"A recently published international standard requires manufacturers of medical devices to follow a systematic usability process. To comply, manufacturers of medical devices will need to change the way they design, develop, test and manufacture their systems." - from UserFocus

Usability for Medical Devices: A New International Standard

Usability review of charity sites

This is a bit old, so people may have already seen, but some interesting things highlighted in this article reviewing charity websites (including ours) which have successfully developed their online brand using modern and creative ideas"

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/26/usability-review-of-charity-websites-taking-the-lead/

Some interesting challenge for us, including "A large usability error on the Macmillan sign-in form is the lack of labels within or next to the appropriate fields." One for us to consider?