usability

From Juicy Studio, although the article focuses on writing for people with “Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties”, it could just as well have been for “the typical stressed web-user”. Many of the tips has to do with making your site as accessible as possible for anyone stressed out of their wits and trying to find some important information on your site. Juicy Studio: Developing sites for users with Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties When people think about accessibility of web content, there’s a tendency to concentrate on people with visual […]

Interesting idea: Café testing The basic idea behind café testing is to situate yourself at a café, put up a sign to attract participants, and test the people that come to you. Because cafes appeal to a wide variety of individuals, and people at a café often have time to spare, café testing can be a great way to perform a quick litmus test in the marketplace. Sounds like work for usability testers with a taste for beer ;-) [Via Brukaropplevingar.com]

A very good article about Google and optimizing for it and other search engines. Might be basic for some web developers, but it covers the basics of optimizing your site for your users and the search engines. Google Village: Who are you optimizing your site for?

John Dowdell has experienced the spreading bad service of a big shop when doing his Mac shopping at CompUSA. He writes that he so far has visited the store twice – in total spending 1 hour and 15 minutes to get the wrong RAM for his iBook. These kind of shopping experiences are becoming all to common. And at shops like CompUSA (In Norway, simular shops could be Elkøp, Lefdal, Spaceworld and a bounch of other big chains). The problem is high demand, not enough people to help the customers,