So here’s how this post started: I was intending to write a “roundup” piece touching on the various usability/user-centered design resources that were on the web and free for the taking. You know, like IBM’s Easy site, or Microsoft’s usability area. (I know they also have resources available on the MSDN site, but I couldn’t find them. MSDN.com doesn’t display right on my Mac…what a shocker…)
But when I got to this IBM resource, I just had to stop and post this as a standalone article.
IBM’s little ditty is called “EasyChart”, and it’s a teaching tool in application form. From the IBM site:
What is EasyChart? EasyChart is a charting tool that has been designed to purposefully violate well-known interface design rules of thumb (heuristics).
What is it used for? EasyChart is designed to demonstrate the effects of poor interface design has on the usability of an application or Web page.
Now this I *gotta* see. I can’t wait to download it to my PC.
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