: Four questions every software user interface designer and usability professional should be thinking about. : http://www.dexodesign.com/2009/03/30/four-questions-every-software-user-interface-designer-and-usability-professional-should-be-thinking-about/

: I recently talked to Alex Wright, Director of User Experience at The New York Times, and author of Glut, a book on the history of information architecture from human evolution to the internet. At the end of August he will be the keynote speaker for UX Australia. I talked to him about how a [...]

: Is it just me or does it seem strange that there is no Sign In on Amazon.com’s homepage? Each time I visit amazon.com, and I visit too often, if I’m not already logged in, I stumble looking for the Sign In link. I would expect the “Sign In” text at the top of the [...]

: Are you looking for any interesting and beautiful Web User Interface libraries for your next web site or Rich Internet Application ? Take a look at this list with ten WUI I suggest you to try in order to simplify your work and develope faster beautiful and usable user interfaces. : http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/01/10-beautiful-web-ui-libraries.html

: A couple months ago Graham Lawlor asked me to be on the July panel for Ultra Light Startups, a group of entrepreneurs who collaborate to help each other launch startups quicker and cheaper. : http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/06/ultra-light-user-experience/

: Carousels (sliders as they’re sometimes known) are a good way to promote several items of content without using up too much space on your homepage. This roundup explains what’s good and bad about several examples, from Yahoo to the BBC. There’s also a list of resources on implementing a good one. : http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/content-carousels-reviewed/

: Want to keep your customers despite tough economic times? Don’t add yet another feature to your Web site. Stop worrying about redesigning it. Instead, take a hard look at improving your site’s content. : http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/06/using-content-to-grow-customer-relationships.php

: A round up of dreadful login designs and functions – problems to avoid if you ever (re)design a login box. There’s also a collection of links to good-login resources at the end. : http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/bad-login-designs/

: Examples of bad tap usability – and how the lessons can be applied to web design (the last example of a massive help-sign for a tap has to be seen to be believed!) : http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/usability-taps-lessons-web-design/

: We are all well aware that web design is not an easy task. There are many variables to consider, some of them technical, some of them human. The technical considerations of designing for the web can (and do) change quite regularly, but the human variables change at a slower rate. Sometimes the human variables [...]