Experiencedynamics
Experiencedynamics
http://www.experiencedynamics.com/science-usability/ui-style-guides
Developer
Developer
http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.0
Uxdesign
Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming important for every website design. they consider the interactions between the user and every system, nowadays most commonly applied to websites. a product has more chances to be successful if it’s design makes emphasis on usability. making a website easy to use and easy to understand has direct economical impact as, for example, it guides the users across the sites, helps user to successfully sign up for a service or to complete a checkout process. we have selected excellent books about usability and interaction design, some provide the theory of user interface design, others have a number of precise examples of how the theory can be used in practice. all these books are prestigious, well-known and recommended by experts. they include the origins of user-friendly products, creation of personas, goal-directed design, information on how to conduct usability tests and much more. images are, as always, clickable and lead to the sites which have more information about the books.
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/24/usability-and-interface-design-books
Useit
Checklist of the ten basic design qualities
that have been shown to make user interfaces easier to use.
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
Msdn
Understand ui guidelines and see the problems inherent in only following guidelines, as well as the danger in being too focused on consistency in your design. also get some usability testing tips. (4 printed pages)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997578.aspx
Usabilitygeek
Usabilitygeek
http://usabilitygeek.com/official-usability-user-experience-user-interface-guidelines-from-companies
HCI paterns
HCI paterns
http://www.hcipatterns.org/