The argument is raging in the Web community.
Visual designers fear that usability guidelines make their sites boring.
Usability engineers complain that visual flash makes sites hard to use. Cities chosen for the launch are Toronto, Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, and San Francisco. The new course, created by HFI's International Director of Training, Phil Goddard, Ph.D., is based on real-world studies of user behavior and the experience of HFI's senior usability experts and visual designers. Participants will learn to optimize both user performance and visual appeal. The course lets participants experience design strengths and weaknesses for themselves, using real site walkthroughs.