Posted at: 4:52 PM by Marianna

Yesterday (12th November 2009) was this year's World Usability Day. This celebration started 4 years ago in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) so as every year to remember that products & services important to human life have to be accessible and simple to use.

I am really happy to announce that every year more and more clients discuss with us how they can create a website having in their mind: "How to create a website accessible to all?", "Redesign their website so as to approach more people than they do know", "How can they improve the website interface, navigation in order to help people use their site, help users understand their products & services".

This year's theme is "Design for a Sustainable World". Sustainability which can be reassured by taking four main actions: Recycle     Reduce     Reuse     Restore is applicable to almost every facet of life on Earth, from local to global scale. In technology area, digital innovations continue to getting cheaper, faster, better and easier to use enabling the invention of new and expanded uses for Information & Communication technologies every day. As a result the new uses provide sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits on a national & global basis. (source)

You can find the most recent news about events taking place around the world on @WUD2OO9

Popular events that took place across the UK:

A) Web site usability drop-in clinic in Birmingham

B) Usability Open Day in Bristol

C) UK UPA World Usability Day in London

Feel free to share with us how you celebrated this day or ideas of how technology can ensure long-term maintenance of human wellbeing, wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.

Labels: experience, ia, sustainalbility, WUD

posted by Marianna 4:52 PM