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Drop-Down Usability: When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Use Them

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:55:16 +0000

Drop-down lists are great – when used correctly.

11 Principles of Interaction Design explained

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:39:11 +0000

This post isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list of interaction design principles, its merely an introduction to the subject. And I’m definitely not going to attempt to enter the lions den of defining what ‘interaction design’ is, that’s for another day!

User Experience and the Platform War

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:27:27 +0000

If there is one thing constant about the technology industry, it’s the fact that there is always a battle taking place. Whether it’s to dominate a platform or agree on standards, we are always evolving, and often debating over which direction is best. It’s imperative, however, that our focus on user experience not get lost in the crossfire.

How Users Read on the Web

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:09:17 +0000

In research on how people read websites we found that 79 percent of our test users always scanned any new page they came across; only 16 percent read word-by-word.

Beyond Frustration: Three levels of happy design

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:55:22 +0000

Happiness is a topic I’ve been interested in for a while. According to Darrin McMahon, author of Happiness: A History, happiness is a relatively new construct in the history of humanness.

The Dirtiest Word in UX: Complexity

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:32:02 +0000

You don’t have to be a UX practitioner to understand that simplicity is a good thing; no one goes around the office saying, “Alright team, let’s make this application really, really complex!”

The Anatomy of a Website

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:12:52 +0000

Many people find it hard to picture a website as more than a bundle of content. This often makes explaining the mixture of languages used and the way everything comes together a difficult task.