Better Usability From: Software Development Magazine - June 2001 - page 25 http://www.sdmagazine.com DeveloperWorks, IBM's free, online resource for developers, has a new topic area that aims to help developers better address usability and accessibility issues. Leveraging the capabilities of other usability portals such as IBM's "Ease of Use" Web site - http://www.ibm.com.ibm/easy - the new DeveloperWorks Usability special-topic arae has a large range of stories, columns, case studies, and guidelines to help developers design applications with users' needs and preferences in mind. One tutorial on the site walks you through the various features, functions, and controls necessary to desin into Web pages to make them accessible to people with disabilities, in compliance with W3C accessibility guidelines. In another feature article, user interface expert Paul Smith of IBM's Toronto Software Laboratory debunks several several usability myths, such as the belief that software design is a luxury, or that usability and functionality should be addressed by separate sets of requirements. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/usability