From the Fireworks tutorial on animation: “Animated graphics add an exciting, sophisticated look to your Web site. In […]

I agree with all Jen’s pet peeves, but especially Thumbnail Let-down.

???? I just read Design lacking in e-tail sites in which LL Bean is said to be a […]

I was intensely disappointed by Homepage Usability, and haven’t gotten around to articulating why. sp!ked’s article “Excuse-ability” does […]

Toilet Paper algorithms

I know I’ve noted tis before, but since we’re talking large font versions.. The Sacramento Bee — toolbar […]

How can I not like an article whose number one bit of advice is “hire a Usability Specialist” […]

From IT ARCHITECT ADVISOR: Create Usable Web Sites – – ADVISOR.com – – “Hambrose says today’s Web site […]

Macworld: Pro File: Mac Daddy Q: So how did you get people to accept your ideas? A: The […]

After reading User Interface Engineering — “The Customer Sieve” Article I thought again about the idea of mapping […]

from Human Factors International “We will add SCROLL BAR PLACEMENT to the long list of really bad decisions […]

At the airport I discovered a “webcenter” (it was next to one of the few working outlets at […]

Brenda Laurel speaks at stanford today– swing by, or watch online.

Telling the Truth is an article about the lies sites tell their users. It doesn’t really matter if […]

This isn’t on the site yet (not that I can find) and it looks quite valuable so I’ll broadcast here. I saw Jared at Macromedia world and was very impressed with his new findings. He’s always an entertaining speaker, and it was pretty cool to get some insight on UIE’s discoveries.

“BayCHI-East talk
Title: Designing for Revenue: Using Research to Fulfill Business Goals
Speaker: Jared Spool

Date & Time: Tuesday February 5th, 7.00 p.m.
Location: Sibley Auditorium, 230 Bechtel Engineering Center
University of California, Berkeley

Talk Abstract:
Web site designers tell us that they have thousands of ideas on how to
improve their web site. But how do these designers determine which
improvements will actually help the business achieve it’s goals? New
research from User Interface Engineering shows that careful measurement and
observation can demonstrate exactly how this happens. In this presentation,
Jared will show you how an e-commerce site can change its design to
generate more impulse purchases. He’ll demonstrate how designers can change
the way categories are displayed to dramatically increase the site’s
revenues. Jared will also discuss how other types of sites can use these
same principles to better achieve their goals.”

Can Jobs “Think Outside the Pretty Box”? In which Raskin talks about how the new mac really is […]

lately i’ve noticed a trend– many of my “innie” friends are adding usability testing to their job descriptions, […]

A short piece on Describing links more clearly describes a phenomena we’ve seen at IQHQ several times in […]

I have insomnia, and am reading the latest alertbox Site Map Usability. You read it too, and let […]

Homepage Improvement – wring more results from your website lists 10 good resolutions for improving your site in […]

or at least for an alertbox: DVD Menu Design (guest column by Don Norman, Alertbox Dec. 2001) It’s […]

visited usable design who is sporting this sentence “Our raison d’être is to ensure that the interactive experiences […]

the usability special issue seems like more of a andy rooney special issue. still fun, though. An interface […]

Interface Usability in Flash “Usability may sound mystifying to some people, and some best-selling books may champion the […]

from Inf@Vis! Magazine “The variability of human perception, the multiplicity of factors that play a part in a […]

Understanding the phenomenon of banner blindness “It has been observed that contradictory results have been found regarding the […]

marketing prof’s is full of goodies today. from No Thanks, I Don’t Want Any Personalization a user says […]