by Bill Albert, James R. (Jim) Lewis, Ph.D

Journal of Usability Studies – Editors in Chief We are delighted to publish an editorial by Dana Chisnell titled “Democracy Is a Design Problem.” In her editorial Chisnell begins by describing the 2000 Election in the US, specifically how the design of the ballot in Palm Beach County may have impacted the presidential election. Chisnell […] [Read More]

by Dana Chisnell

The Butterfly Ballot Changed Everything It was a form—an election ballot—that changed everything about design in elections in the United States. It came to be called the butterfly ballot, and it was used in Palm Beach County, Florida in the presidential election in 2000. Up to this point, a usable ballot was one that the […] [Read More]

by Aung Pyae, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Teppo Saarenpää, Mika Luimula, Patric Granholm, Jouni Smed

Abstract In this paper, we report the findings from the usability testing of the Finnish Skiing Game with 24 Japanese elderly participants at the Sendai City Health Promotion Center in Japan. The main objective of the study is to investigate the participants’ feedback towards the usability of the Skiing Game, which was originally designed and […] [Read More]