The Weaker Side of Usability Guidelines
These usability guidelines may not be the first things to come to mind when preparing a site, but they are important none the less.
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Writing User Friendly Content
Content is a vital part of your website. If your content is not easy to understand and interpret, then you may easily lose your reader. The content of your website will make or break the experience, no matter how easy to use your website may be.
Review of UserTesting.com
For those of us looking for quality usability testing, we know how expensive it can be. UserTesting.com is a low-cost alternative that gives you results from remote testers within your niche’s demographic.
Creating a Usable Contact Form
There are some simple steps you can take to create the best bridge possible between you and your clients. The most effective way is through a contact form on your site that will allow users to communicate with you or your business. It is an essential component for any person who is looking to hear feedback as well as anything else their viewers want to suggest.
Introduction to Product Usability Testing
Usability is one of those crucial elements of a product that we tend to take for granted. When you pick up an object and use it, you often don’t think about the countless hours and immeasurable thought that has gone into making that item do what it’s intended purpose is.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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