Sep 29, 2011
Page Search form Heuristic Efficiency Description Not a single user from our interviews even acknowledged the existence of the places, subjects and periods filters in the advanced search form. That was surprising as they all had to circumnavigate them to get to the...
Sep 28, 2011
Page Search results Heuristic Efficiency Description Users often have to filter out certain types of document by eye, lengthening the amount of time it takes to complete the task Impact severity High Recommend Include option to exclude both indexes and prefatory...
Sep 28, 2011
As this rewarding project draws to a close, I thought I’d share the central plank along which it has run here at the Institute of Historical Research. We used several qualitative tools to draw up an issue list, a document containing each problem which our...
Aug 26, 2011
The first set of enhancements designed to improve usability on British History Online specifically produced as part of the JISC 01/11B funding went live this morning. I’ll round them up below but first I want to say a little about how these changes came about....
Aug 25, 2011
In reaching the final stages of our usability project, I’ve started to think about the kind of change which this process forces upon the system manager/developer. It’s not just about working your way through a list of software modifications; it’s...
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