Timelines:
Usability and Instructional Technology

Here are some of the influential developments in the history of software usability (blue rows, Field=U) and instructional technology (yellow rows, Field =I). Many of these events had a strong influence on both fields (green rows, Field=U & I). (The row colors work better in Netscape than IE.) The fontSuperScript letters after each entry refer to the sources listed below. This page is a work in progress.
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