Usability is next to profitability
Business Week lends support to the usability mantra in this week's edition. In an article entitled "Usability Is Next to Profitability", the US weekly suggests that "software companies have finally grasped the value of easy-to-fathom programs, and they're pouring resources into the task". 'Pour' might not be the verb I'd choose, but certainly the ideas of usability and user experience seem to be gaining ground with many hardware and software manufacturers, even in these straightened times.