In this paper, an initial set of guidelines, rated as highly important by experts, is assessed in order to deduce a subset of quickly applicable ones. The widely accepted guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considered as an initial superset. Then an evaluation of a governmental website is done with the established subset and findings of the application process are discussed. In order to quickly improve the usability of websites in terms of design and

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... etics, quickly applicable guidelines may be helpful. Keywords: Usability, usability guidelines, quickly applicable usability guidelines.