Topic: web-usability
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Improving your website usability tests
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 · Topics: customer-experience, user-interface, web-usability
From Damian Rees at Smashing Magazine: If you’ve ever run a usability test before, you’ll know that it’s not as easy as it looks. Although it’s not rocket science, there are some intricacies that can make a big difference. In this article I share some of the lessons I have learned which should help you avoid your user test turning into a frustrating experience for you or the test participant. · Go to Improving your website usability tests →
Mobile sites vs. apps: The coming strategy shift
Thursday, March 1, 2012 · Topics: ipad-applications, iphone-applications, mobile-design, web-usability
From Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox: Mobile apps currently have better usability than mobile sites, but forthcoming changes will eventually make a mobile site the superior strategy. · Go to Mobile sites vs. apps: The coming strategy shift →
Instapaper
Monday, July 25, 2011 · Topics: reading, web-reading, web-usability
A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. · Go to Instapaper →
Readability: Enjoy reading, support writing.
Monday, July 25, 2011 · Topics: reading, web-reading, web-usability, web-writing
Readability turns any web page into a comfortable reading view right in your web browser. Too busy to read right then and there? Readability makes it simple to save your favorite articles for reading later. · Go to Readability: Enjoy reading, support writing. →
Multiple user account disorder
Sunday, April 10, 2011 · Topics: apple, technology, web-usability
From Khoi Vinh: Somehow I ended up creating multiple user accounts (under separate email addresses) over at TripIt (which is probably my favorite travel tool of the past decade). For a recent trip, I had stashed some data in one account and other bits in another. But thankfully TripIt made it relatively easy to consolidate these accounts together; after some simple email verification, I had a single user account that recognized both email addresses. · Go to Multiple user account disorder →
Testing Expert Users
Thursday, February 11, 2010 · Topics: web-usability
From Jakob Nielsen: It’s more difficult to conduct usability studies with experienced users than with novices, and the improvements are usually smaller. Still, improving expert performance is often worth the effort. · Go to Testing Expert Users →
Usability Testing Demystified
Saturday, October 17, 2009 · Topics: web-usability
From A List Apart: The value in usability testing comes from the magic of observing and listening as people use a design. The things you see and the things you hear are often surprising, illuminating, and unpredictable. This unpredictability is tough to capture in any other way. Dana Chisnell shows you how. · Go to Usability Testing Demystified →
Determining How Design Affects Branding
Monday, August 17, 2009 · Topics: branding, web-design, web-usability
We are currently studying what designers can do to strengthen brands and create the shortcuts between brand elements and individuals’ brand perceptions. For example, on e-commerce sites a strong site brand could translate into repeat sales. During a customer’s initial visit, what could designers do to strengthen the site’s brand so that the shopper returns to the site for future purchases? · Go to Determining How Design Affects Branding →
