: If we could tear into the fabric of time and look a decade into the future, what kind of experience might we find? It’s easy to imagine the technology would be much more advanced. : http://sixrevisions.com/usabilityaccessibility/creating-a-timeless-user-experience/

: Poor faceted search hurts. It alienates and confuses users by disregarding established mental models and overloading them with information. Good faceted search on the other hand, makes use of web design conventions and familiar vocabulary to increase affordance and help users anticipate the effects of their actions. : http://www.thingsontop.com/3-quick-patterns-better-facet-design-889.html

: One important interaction indicator on the web is the mouse cursor. The default cursor arrow changes into a pointing hand when you hover over links for example, which indicates they are indeed links and can be clicked on. : http://www.usabilitypost.com/2009/10/26/mouse-cursor-affordance/

: The sign up button or link is an important call-to-action on the homepages of most web services. In a recent demo case Usabilla compared the sign up on the homepages of 10 different web services. : http://blog.usabilla.com/?p=241

: On today’s episode of SEM Synergy, Bruce Clay, Inc.’s weekly podcast on WebmasterRadio.fm, I interviewed the CEO of a newly launched search engine and aggregator that seeks to bring search up to speed — at least to a pace that’s as fast as the Internet evolution. : http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2009/11/information_con.html

: The real challenge of web design today is to design websites with their end users in mind. This involves designing from the point of view of “user experience”. : http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/devt/B1B99DAC3E06074ECC25766A006E96C3

: “Our average user spends 15 minutes a day on the site,” he said. “They spend about five hours in front of the television. People say, ‘YouTube is so big,’ but I really see that we have a ways to go.” : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/technology/internet/31tube.html?_r=2

: When you start designing a new website it’s very useful to sketch out a first idea of page layout using paper and stencil. This approach help you define easily a working draft of the final version of your website. : http://woorkup.com/2009/12/28/10-beautiful-sketches-for-website-prototypes/

: After talking to a bunch of recruiters and other managers, it looks like User Experience is going to making a comeback in hiring. We’re the leading indicator for a lot of things (you can’t start a website application project with proper user experience, right?), so this is a good thing for all technology workers. [...]

: Card sorting is a categorization technique where users sort cards describing and giving their picture, their understanding and their mental picture of concepts, workflows and information and knowledge. There are a number of benefits using card sorting – Card sorting is … : http://ux4dotcom.blogspot.com/2009/08/card-sorting.html