HFI Buttons

Around 1982 HFI issued a button that said "Know Thy Users, for They are Not You". It was given away at a few tradeshows and to our surprise the button traveled around the world. Unfortunately, the button did not even have our name on it. But we learned from that.

Today we do not even have a single copy of that original button (we would sure like one!). But we have a long history of giving away buttons about usability. While we STILL make the "Know Thy Users" button; there has been quite a collection of additional buttons.

HFI is famous for its colorful and popular usability buttons.

HFI's colorful and popular usability buttons
Avoid horizontal scrolling	Design is Contextual	Don't guess - TEST	Loading simplicity...
Oozing Uzability	If it's not needed, It's not needed	Usability or lose ability	Have MERCY on your Help Desk
Usability spanks Confusability	Usable: Easy to learn, hard to forget, easy to explain	Test sites, not users	Yes, I have research to back me up
What's not usable is inexc-usable	Internationalization: it's not just translation	Beauty isn't only screen deep	Think globally...act usably
Design it Brain Dead Simple	Designing SIMPLE is difficult	No you can't just explain it in the manual	It's easy to be hard...it's hard to be easy
KNOW THY USERS - FOR THEY ARE NOT YOU	Cool = Usable	Ease of Use ...doesn't come easy	If the user can't find it, the function's not there.
Usability is Free	Make Usability Routine	Standards ...hurt so good	All software gets usability tested - eventually
To Err is Human but they'll blame you.	Users are not designers	Fear it! Back	Usability Professionals (not Gurus)
Stumped for Days in a Website Maze	Less is More	Usability it's not just - Testing	Wiggly Stuff is Distracting.
User-Centered Solutions	GUI Standards - Hurt So Good	Where's the Design Challenge?	web rage not allowed
GUI Usability - It's easy to be hard and hard to be easy.	USE YOUR GUI TOOLS (Don't play with them)	ACCESSIBILITY & USABILITY 90 DAYS Are You Ready?