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Usability in Russia

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This chapter describes current state of the usability research field in Russia. Russia is a country that underwent rapid transformations during the past 20 years, which highly influenced the evolution of the usability field. Russia’s market and vast Internet development, as well as web and mobile communication growth served as a push for the advancement of usability. HCI and usability history in Russia starting from the Soviet period today is precisely described in this chapter. Practical advice regarding doing usability research in Russia are listed as well as companies and institutions where such research can be conducted. A concern of the future of the usability market is presented from the authors’ point of view.

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    It is symptomatically that although there are two big industrial design schools in Russia until recently there were fewer practicing industrial designers than practicing usability specialists.

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    Zhengjie Liu

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Belyshkin, A. (2011). Usability in Russia. In: Douglas, I., Liu, Z. (eds) Global Usability. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-304-6_17

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