Articles by Joe Dumas
Dr. Joseph Dumas is a nationally recognized leader in the human-computer interaction profession and is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Usability Studies. He is the author of three books: Designing User Interfaces for Software (1988), A Practical Guide to Usability Testing (1993; 1999) with Ginny Redish, and Moderating Usability Tests: Principles & Practices for Interacting (2008) with Beth Loring. He has published dozens of papers in the popular and research literature, including a chapter on Usability Testing for three editions of the Human-Computer Interaction Handbook. He has held positions in industry - for Oracle Corporation and academia - for Bentley University where he taught in its graduate Human Factors program. He is currently consulting with Oracle on strategic projects. He received his PhD. in Cognitive Psychology from State University of New York at Buffalo.
The First Seven Years of the JUS
It has been seven years since UXPA and our founding editor-in-chief, Avi Parush, published the first issue of the Journal of Usability Studies (JUS). We felt that it was time to look back at the almost 80 peer-reviewed papers that have been published to see what we could learn about how to characterize JUS. The […] [Read More]
Introduction
In this issue, we feature two peer-reviewed articles. Libby Kumin and her colleagues evaluated the ability of adults with Down syndrome to perform tasks with an iPad. Previous studies have shown that adults with Down syndrome can successfully control a cursor with a mouse. But the iPad presents the challenge of a touch screen, an […] [Read More]
Introduction to Volume 7, Issue 3
This issue features an editorial by Jeff Johnson and Austin Henderson who argue that the usefulness and usability of software is declining. They point out that there is an increasing number of products that have interactive software integrated into them and that the companies that make those products do not have user experience expertise. The […] [Read More]
Introduction to Volume 7, Issue 2
Introduction Consider the meanings of words. Since language was invented hundreds of millennia ago, the meanings of words have continuously evolved. Importantly, this collective evolution has been achieved, not through premeditated coordination, but rather through exploration and convergence in use. It is a buzzing, booming cauldron of meanings, yielding effective, drifting, locally-coherent yet globally disparate […] [Read More]
Introduction to Volume 7, Issue 1
We are pleased to have an editorial by two of the leaders of the HCI community, Clare-Marie Karat and John Karat. They worked in a research and development group at IBM for many years and have contributed substantially to our literature. They discuss their experiences over the years as the profession and their role in […] [Read More]
Introduction to Volume 6, Issue 4
Issue 4 is the final one for Volume 6 of the journal. I expect that Dennis Wixon’s invited editorial will generate lively reaction. Dennis argues that the usability profession has largely ignored one of the key components of usability engineering: establishing quantitative usability goals early in product development. Those goals can enhance scenarios and use […] [Read More]
Introduction to Volume 6, Issue 3
I expect Volume 6, Issue 3 to be a turning point for the journal. Prior to this issue, the journal had not published any articles that straddled the boundary between the user experience literature and the technical communication literature. In this issue’s editorial, Ginny Redish and Carol Barnum describe how the two disciplines are closely […] [Read More]