Entries from Kelake tagged with 'Usability'
Web of confusion
“Web browsers, the primary tool for accessing the World Wide Web, use the page metaphor, which is appropriate for browsing static text with hyperlinks. This is the task that browsers were designed for. As the Web expanded into transaction systems...
World Usability Day Posters
World Usability Day may have come and gone but the posters will last as a visual statement of what life might be like without it (it being usability). The examples are good but one only needs to look at...
Businessweek ad placement
Great ad placement Businessweek! Thankfully I can still see the printer friendly page, which is mislabeled. It should be labeled reader friendly. I can understand the need to display ads - I display some adsense ads which cover my...
The Mother of All Footers
For ages we have ignored the bottom or footer section of our screen designs. We bought into and never lost the notion that the only part of the screen that had any value was the first view and that...
Luke Wroblewski on Refining Data Tables
Luke Wroblewski writing for UX Matters: After forms, data tables are likely the next most ubiquitous interface element designers create when constructing Web applications. Users often need to add, edit, delete, search for, and browse through lists of people, places,...
Usability: it ain't easy
"With more advanced services rolling out across the planet, ease-of-use is becoming crucial to their success, but today's user interfaces aren't quite cutting it. Solving that will be a complex task, but the place to start is the users -...
Jarretts's Rules of Buttons
Caroline Jarrett's 2 rules for labeling buttons (found via elearning post): Label the button with what it doesIf the user doesn't want to do it, don't have a button for it "The consequence of the two rules may be that...
A Form Usability Checklist (ALA)
I'm a bit behind in hitting my usual reading material haunts but from my favourite web development magazine comes this fine article: "Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, not more difficult. As usability-conscious designers, we can make our...
Bag Usability Tip
Which bag is it easier to find things in? I have been spending an inordinate amount of money on bags since my days as a musician when it was vogue to have the newest gear to carry your instrument. I...
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