10 Usability Lessons from Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think
Many people in the usability community regard Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
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How To Increase Site Performance Through A/B Split Testing
Ever had the desire to change something on your website, but you were afraid the change might have a negative impact on performance? Welcome to A/B Split testing, the practice of testing multiple variations of the same site to see which works better.
Keep Users Updated During Long Load Times
Load times are unavoidable in some circumstances. It is critical to be keep the user informed of what is happening and how much longer the process should take.
Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences, Part 3: The Craft
In this third and final installment of the Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences series, we detail the actual process of successfully picking and implementing a color scheme.
Stop Counting Clicks
The 3-click-rule is the Freddy Kreuger of web design advice. You think it’s finally dead and then it comes back and starts slashing up sensible debate about usable design. I’m hoping to convince you to stop talking about the 3-click rule.
How To Approach Categories and Navigation in Blogging
Why is it that when you’re creating a linking structure for a website you call it “navigation”, but when it’s for a blog it’s sometimes called “categories”?
8 Tips for Maintaining a User Friendly Site in One Hour a Month
Keeping a website maintained and usable can be done in as little as an hour a month. Check out these tips for keeping on top of your site.
Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences: Part 2, The Medium
Coloring the online user experience has never been an easy task; but it’s getting easier. Looking back at older web pages, we can see an obvious evolution of the medium. In this article we explore color on the web so that readers may form a working knowledge of the limitations of a web-browser. Lastly, we look ahead to how color will be treated in future versions of CSS.
Userfly: Usability Testing Made Easy
Userfly is described as usability testing made easy. Since my review of Feedback Army I have been overwhelmed with different websites offering usability services in a quick and easy package. However, Userfly seems to stand out from the crowd! I have put it to the test and brought you my findings.
FeedBurner’s Free RSS-to-Email Syndication: Why You Can’t Afford It
In this post I’m going to show you why you shouldn’t be using FeedBurner to distribute RSS Feeds via Email, and offer some alternatives to FeedBurner that do Email Syndication better.
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