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		<title>Belgian Usability Awards 2009: Winners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the winners of the Belgian Usability Awards 2009: Brussels Airlines, Ancienne Belgique and Plan België. And to runners-up Kudzu, UiT in Vlaanderen, Bubblestick and Leuven.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On 10 November 2009 the winners of the Usability Awards 2009 were announced.</p>
<h1>1. Belgium&#8217;s most user-friendly website (overall winner &#8211; public vote)</h1>
<p>Chosen by the general public based on a short-list of 10 websites selected by a <a href="http://www.usabilityawards.be/practical-stuff/the-jury/">professional jury</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>1st place: <a href="http://www.brusselsairlines.be">Brussels Airlines</a></li>
<li>2nd place: <a href="http://www.uitinvlaanderen.be/">UiT in Vlaanderen</a></li>
<li>3rd place: <a href="http://www.bubblestick.be/">Bubblestick</a></li>
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<p>The jury&#8217;s comments on Brussels Airlines:</p>
<ul>
<li>Task-oriented homepage</li>
<li>User-friendly booking system</li>
<li>Good understanding of how people really look for a holiday destination</li>
</ul>
<h1>2. Most user-friendly corporate or commercial website</h1>
<p>Chosen by the professional jury</p>
<ul>
<li>1st place: <a href="http://www.abconcerts.be">Ancienne Belgique</a></li>
<li>2nd place: <a href="http://www.kudzu.be/">Kudzu</a></li>
<li>3rd place: <a href="http://www.bubblestick.be/">Bubblestick</a></li>
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<p>The jury&#8217;s comments on Ancienne Belgique:</p>
<ul>
<li>Refreshingly straight-forward</li>
<li>Clear navigation</li>
<li>Good integration of useful social web features like ticket-swap and car-pooling</li>
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<h1>3. Most user-friendly government or non-profit website</h1>
<p>Chosen by the professional jury</p>
<ul>
<li>1st place: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><a href="http://www.planbelgie.be">Plan België</a></span></span></li>
<li>2nd place: <a href="http://www.uitinvlaanderen.be/">UiT in Vlaanderen</a></li>
<li>3rd place: <a href="http://www.leuven.be/">Leuven</a></li>
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<p>The jury&#8217;s comments on Plan België:</p>
<ul>
<li>Creative but very intuitive graphic design</li>
<li>Interesting and well-written layered content</li>
<li>Good categorisation and navigation</li>
</ul>
<h1><strong>Congratulations to all winners! </strong></h1>
<p>For more info on why these websites made it to the top, come back soon.</p>
<h2>Usability Awards 2010</h2>
<p>If you would like us to keep you informed of the start of the submission period for next year&#8217;s Usability Awards, please leave us your email address.<br />
<a href="http://usability-awards.be/submit-your-site/">Inform me about the 2010 Awards</a></p>
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