Usability Factors in Information Systems Development

Computers have become a commonplace technology for today’s man. Computer users demand more reliable and durable interfaces from information processing applications developers. Information systems (ISs) research and development, over the years, has been steady so well that the arena has now grown into various subfields such as Cognitive Information Systems (CISs), Web Information Systems(WISs), Geographical Information Systems(GISs), Enterprise Information Systems (EISs), and so forth. Of late, ergonomics specialization too has begun to percolate into the field making it more cross-fertilizing with concerns for successful deployment, a win-win model of development and look-and-feel factor in terms of durable usage and usability. The paper presents a novel taxonomy of computer ergonomics.