This was the upshot of my work with the Applications Level User Interface Committee of the Videotex Industry Association. Our aim was to "make it work". Our primary challenges included: • technical platforms in flux • integration with and between applications • common needs, but competing standards • unexplored arena of UI, definition of "usability" • meta-information and tagging VIEW MORE ON JCVTCS.COM http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/usability-committee.html BACKGROUND: What Was Videotex? http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-what-is-videotex.html Browsing History http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-browser-history.html Visual Delight http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-naplps-graphics.html TCS is Born http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-tcs-inc.html Before the Web http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/index-videotex.html This is the Portfolio of my work as a usability designer in the emerging interactive arena from 1981-87.