while liquid design is important in websites, it is 6 gazillion times more important in html email. I […]
give me liquid!
follow the breadcrumbs
to the sneak peek treat
egress
marc takeno writes: “Hi, Just wondering what your take is on Amazon’s lack of “exit” indications on any […]
sometimes a small notion
Moving WebWord > Understanding Design Misfits is an good paper to read to get some thinking going on […]
Anyone attend?
Just stumbled over the PDC 2000 – the Participatory Design Conference, and wondered if anyone had attended, and […]
User and Use
Usage Modes that Work Together (Web Techniques, Dec 2001) is an article that helps slice up the view […]
a mixed bag
Web Sites That Work Considering interface standards on the web Tools for Usability Making the World a Happier […]
love him, hate him, quote him….
from You’d Think They’d Learn: Bad Design Kills Web Sites (washingtonpost.com) “One benefit of the downturn is that […]
about time
‘Discount’ user testing under fire “It has become almost a truism that tests involving five different users will […]
your slip is showing
I guess when you’ve been doing this long enough, you start to see common problems crop up again […]
It’s not just me
Eloquent rant onTextism about you know who….
Simple answers for simple minds redux
End of Homemade Websites (Alertbox Oct. 2001) He’s at it again: Jakob starts with an outrageous statement, follows […]
you get what you pay for.
Deborah J. Mayhew points out you get what you pay for: discount usability will not do the entire […]
ini mini miny mo…
Three Questions For Your Web Agency “Everyone’s a usability expert nowadays. But does your potential web agency really […]
usability and death
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for September 16 “New mobile devices and services are more realistic and useful than last […]
evaluate, cure
Evaluation Methods in Usability Testing Or, how to tell that you have a usability problem before it gets […]
think!
Guerrilla usability mary Deaton tells it like it is: “Before we look at when and how to test, […]
impeach!
Ben Henick, driven into a frenzy by the shoddy whitheouse.gov, catalogs its failings with virulent accurancy.
off the wall usability
webword points me at another useful tool for our toolbox, the Fly on the Wall observation method.
your tax dollars at work
Ben Henick, driven into a frenzy by the shoddy whitheouse.gov, catalogs its failings with virulent accurancy.
talk to users, save money.
Apply Usability Methodologies in Intranet Information Architecture in a Real World Context Part II “A user needs analysis […]
yr pal
Another gem from Dan Brown: Usability review of PayPal’s mobile version
old argument
The arguments about liquid design, scalable fonts and line length comes up again and again. You may wish […]
no pain, no gain
I don’t know how I missed Whipping Users into Shape , but it’s a hoot… “Ease of use […]
usability and scrying
“What people are contemplating on their word-processor screens is the operation of their own brains. It is not […]
happy unbirthday
It’s not Jakob Nielsen’s birthday, but I meant every word I said. went over to a friend’s new […]
Happy birthday
it’s not his birthday Jakob’s Nielsen’s is actually October fifth, making him a libra like yours truly. It’s […]
giving up gurus
Is a high priced usability “Guru” a good investment? is an interesting and brutaly honest look at what […]
fast and slow
yesterday’s opening thang said server logs couldn’t tell you what your users bandwidth is. it seems I was […]
fighting the good fight
Sean Smith wrote and asked me for ammunition against pop-up ads. The article “Pop-up Internet Ads: More Eyeballs […]