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…… Continue reading Developing sites for users with Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties
Category: usability
Free beer for usability
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…… Continue reading Free beer for usability
Google Village: Who are you optimizing your site for?
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?
Bad service in the US too
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…… Continue reading Bad service in the US too
Why to not _blank
Mark Pilgrim continues on his 30 days to a more accessible weblog, today he explains why the _blank tag is evil. In all dominant browsers, using the <a target=”_blank”> tag to force a link to open in a new window breaks the Back button. The new window does not retain the browser history of the…… Continue reading Why to not _blank
30 days to a more accessible weblog
Mark Pilgrim (dive into mark) is writing up a whole month of good tips on how to make your weblog more accessible. Its really a usability exercise – and most of what he is talking about can easily apply to all other forms of web sites too. I’ve already implemented a few of his tips.…… Continue reading 30 days to a more accessible weblog
Jakob Nielsen wants you to Flash him
Jakob is looking for examples of Flash-Based Applications and tools for user testing. So if you have a Flash based tool, or you know of good Flash based tools that Jakob should usability test, then you can contact Hoa Loranger at Nielsen Norman Group
The Flash usability discussion continues
John writes about a usability discussion that is going on at the CHI-WEB mailinglist. Involving, amongst others – Donald A. Norman of Nielsen Norman Group and Chris MacGregor of Flazoom.com. Check out the postings so far Donald A. Norman (from Nielsen Norman Group):That is precisely backwards. The U-Turn, if there was one, was at Macromedia.…… Continue reading The Flash usability discussion continues
Usability in focus at Macromedia.com
Its the week of User-centered design at the Des/Dev center over at Macromedia.com: Flash 99% Good – Written by Kevin Airgid and Stephanie Reindel. This is chapter 8 of the Flash99% Good book that has been made available both as HTML and PDF download at Macromedia.com. Chapter 8, “The Future of Flash,” covers Flash as…… Continue reading Usability in focus at Macromedia.com
Follow up: Nielsen to make “best practices” document for rich internet applications in SWF
Chris MacGregor has written a very good reply to Jakob’s latest addition to his “Flash 99% Bad” paper. You did notice that he has added text to it now, text that I am sure wasn’t added because of the job he now has gotten for Macromedia, after all – he is a serious researcher and…… Continue reading Follow up: Nielsen to make “best practices” document for rich internet applications in SWF