How many times has a client or stakeholder told you that it takes too many clicks to get to a page? Or that they heard that users give up after 3 clicks?
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Is Using Icons for Web Site Navigation a Waste of Time?
Not that this is a new phenomena, but I’ve been noticing icons popping up in the navigation of a number of web sites recently.
As much as I appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into designing these often beautiful graphics, I have mixed feelings about the time and effort it must take.
Read MorePlaystation Portable and the Art of Writing Good Error Messages
I recently upgraded from my well-loved but aging Game Boy Advance to a shiny new Playstation Portable. However, although the hardware itself is impressive, it suffers from some challenging usability issues.
UIE Podcast on Experience Design is Worth a Listen
For some reason, there aren’t too many design-related podcasts. For the longest time there was only “Boagworld”:http://boagworld.com/ which I never really took to.
Well, now there’s the “Josh & Jared Show”:http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/audio/ from the folks at UIE, which covers topics related to the world of experience design.
2007 Bad Usability Calendar: Call For Entries
The folks who created the Bad Usability Calendar are looking for ideas for the 2007 edition.
Read MoreYahoo! Movie Rating Widget – Interesting Design Decision
I was browsing around Yahoo! Movies the other day, which as Borat would say is very “nice”. However, I was struck by an interesting interface design decision they had made.
Read MoreFly Out Menus: Can They Drop Up as Well as Drop Down?
I’m a regular user of the Weather Channel’s web site. However, other than plugging in my zip code and checking out the current and extended forecast, I’ve never really looked at the rest of the site.
Read MoreWeb Site Visitors Don’t Change Text Size
Click Density recently posted the results of a survey of browser text size settings across the 1,500 sites they currently track.
Read MoreNew Brown University Home Page: Breaking Too Many Rules?
The new “Brown University”:http://www.brown.edu/ home page has been making a bit of a buzz recently (well, Jared Spool and friends have been “talking about it”:http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/tag/podcasts/spoolcast/ at least).
Analyze Usability Test Results with Excel
One of the challenges in running usability tests is analyzing the data so as to obtain meaningful results — especially if you can’t afford or don’t need to use full-featured professional software.