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
UX Design
What You Need to Know About Improving the User Experience
The Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) has produced a useful report on the factors that improve online experiences.
Required Form Fields: Where Should the Asterisk Go?
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?
Read MoreWeb Site Navigation Design Showcase
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.
Read MoreWhat Type of Personality Does Your Web Site Have?
Three good questions to ask clients when embarking on a web site redesign:
- If your site was a person, what would he or she be like?
- How would you expect visitors to react when they first view your site?
- 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
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.
Read MoreThe Worst Home Page of 2007?
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.
Read MoreNielsen Norman Group Report on Accessibility Available for Free
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
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.
Hacking Netflix’s Navigation
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