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Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Roy Torres's discussion 'Guidance on writing my term paper on Handheld Devices.'

There's lots you can do. First examine the physical usabiity problems associated with any small formfactor mobile device like it's screen size, limited keypad, and other physical parameters (lights, signals, icons, acoutics) and note how…

Apr 13, 2010

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. commented on Eric Schaffer's blog post 'Is User Experience Different than Usability?'

I agree with Eric. The field of Engineering Psychology and Human Factors as originally practiced by founders like Alphonse Chapanis may have appeared to switch the emphasis of study on different aspects of systems involving humans as our technology…

Apr 13, 2010

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Julie A Ehlert's discussion 'Usability Certification and the job market'

Hi Matt. Sorry for my delay in responding to your request for information on the emotional Component of UX. I suggest you start by getting some background in Basic Psychology on the subject. Go to this website (Psych 101--…

Mar 25, 2010

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Jere Chandler's discussion 'Video of a participant struggling through a usability test?'

There are many examples on You tube, Just type "Usability Testing" for example and pick out a suitable sample to use. Hers's one I just picked at random: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xncf_O7SFkU&feature=related.

Mar 23, 2010

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Julie A Ehlert's discussion 'Usability Certification and the job market'

Matt, I highly recommend that you first read Don Norman's Book "The Design of Everyday Things". The original version was titled "The Psychology of Everyday Things". Next read Jacob Nielson's book ttitled "Usabiity…

Mar 4, 2010

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to David Garcia Dorvau's discussion 'The facebook effect'

A recent study examining the popularity of sites such as Facebook and Twitter revealed that their success has little to do with marketing or design perameters per se. Instead their primary appeal and popularity is due primarily to narcissism -- we…

Aug 25, 2009

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. commented on Diane Chojnowski's video

I agree with your assesment that somewhere down the road Usabilty which evolved from Psychology became its own domain in whch its practitioners limited the scope of their study to primarily the behavioral aspects of users at the expense of the…

CEO Eric Schaffer discusses how PET design goes beyond classic usability

Aug 6, 2009

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Julie A Ehlert's discussion 'Usability Certification and the job market'

Julie, Certification in Usability is greatly over-rated today. I have been in the business for many years and was one of the first people who was first officially Board "Certified" when this trend came along in the early 90's.…

Jul 29, 2009

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Eric Schaffer's discussion 'Webcast Q&A: Can you have an institutionalization strategy without an executive champion?'

When I initially entered this field 30 years ago, I used to think that you needed a management champion to get UI/UX/HF established in a company. My attitude about this changed as I learned more about how industry and businesses were run. After 14…

May 23, 2009

Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. replied to Rekha's discussion '"Don't Make Me Think" book by Steve Krug' in the group Web Usability

Thanks for making the nice set of slides, Rekha. They nicely summarize the book.

May 4, 2009