Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Usability awards are just a start (31 Oct 2005) The awards provide an excuse to talk about the ways that most sites, computers and consumer goods let their users down, and perhaps make the designers and developers feel just a little bit guilty about the shoddiness of much of their work. At least, that is the idea. It would be nice to think that designers from Apple, Microsoft and Google were anxiously awaiting Thursday's announcement, but I rather doubt it. Raising awareness takes time, and it is only the constant drip, drip of adverse comment and public criticism that will have an impact. Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4392278.stm Read 251 more articles from BBC News sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Context Photography and Talking About Work          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy