An Introduction to Usability
[MP4, 71 minutes]
What is usability and why does it matter? In this introduction to the topic of usability, I focus on usability criteria. What does it mean to be usable? Even ease of use turns out to be a notion with multiple subcriteria. This is a recorded lecture that forms a pair with the lecture on usability techniques that follows. [June 2016]

These podcasts are written and read by Daniel Jackson. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of MIT or Accenture. All similarities to real people (or software), living or dead, are coincidental. No animals or software developers were harmed in this production.

Introductory music used with kind permission of Chris Breemer via the Piano Society.

Copyright 2016, Daniel Jackson