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Usability engineering methods for software developers

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The human-computer interaction community aims to increase the awareness and acceptance of established methods among software practitioners. Indeed, awareness of the basic usability methods will drive an Information Society for all.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 1
            Interaction design and children
            January 2005
            98 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1039539
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