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Indicating Required Form Fields: A Recap

October 21, 2008August 14, 2016 Christian Watson

A little while ago a posted I question about where the asterisk should go on required form fields. I got a great selection of responses — here’s a recap: Read More

What You Need to Know About Improving the User Experience

September 3, 2008August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

The Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) has produced a useful report on the factors that improve online experiences.

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Required Form Fields: Where Should the Asterisk Go?

August 26, 2008May 30, 2023 Christian Watson

Here’s a simple question, and one which I feel should have a definitive answer. Assuming that an asterisk is the correct way to indicate a required field in a form, where should it go?

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Web Site Navigation Design Showcase

August 24, 2008May 30, 2023 Christian Watson

Just a quick note to say that I’ve gathered together a navigation design showcase with 70+ examples. I’ve specifically avoided including (too many) examples where the navigation is overly creative as I figured these wouldn’t be as useful to a wider audience.

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What Type of Personality Does Your Web Site Have?

July 22, 2008May 30, 2023 Christian Watson

Three good questions to ask clients when embarking on a web site redesign:

  1. If your site was a person, what would he or she be like?
  2. How would you expect visitors to react when they first view your site?
  3. What celebrity (or car, movie, etc.) is your site most like? Least like? Why?

Nice ice breaker and a way to get them thinking creatively.

Web Site Typography Makeover

January 30, 2008May 30, 2023 Christian Watson

In researching sites to include in my post on good typographic style I came across countless examples of poor typography and layout. One of those was GQ magazine, which surprised me given the quality of the magazine’s print version.

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The Worst Home Page of 2007?

December 22, 2007September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

I just listened to UIE’s most recent usability tools podcast on mouseovers in navigation in which Jared Spool railed against flyouts and reminded us that users prefer link rich home pages.

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Nielsen Norman Group Report on Accessibility Available for Free

December 18, 2007August 6, 2016 Christian Watson

Get your accessibility holiday gift now — Jacob Nielsen’s 148 page PDF report Beyond ALT Text: Making the Web Easy to Use for Users With Disabilities is now being offered for free. [via GUUUI]

Enterprise Software Still Suffers From Basic Usability Problems

December 16, 2007December 16, 2007 Christian Watson

It’s something of a cliché to criticize the usability of enterprise software. Big, complex software is always going to have some idiosyncracies and usability issues here and there.
However, when it takes me 16 steps to submit my time card each week, I’m beginning to wonder if those ERP vendors couldn’t learn a thing or two about user-centered design.

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Hacking Netflix’s Navigation

December 3, 2007August 14, 2016 Christian Watson 5 Comments

I’m a huge Netflix fan. I love their site and have spent many hours rating and finding movies and fiddling with my queue. Read More

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