If Engineers were Designers (OK/Cancel)
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View ArticleSearch engine optimization: beyond search keywords (Gerry McGovern)
When we search we're cheap. We're brutal and to the point. We use the minimum words possible and these words are lean and mean. When we arrive at a webpage we've mellowed a little. Should we be about...
View ArticleAJAX and Screenreaders: When Can it Work? (SitePoint)
I'm forced to conclude that, unless a way can be found to notify screen readers of updated content, AJAX techniques cannot be considered accessible, and should not be used on a production site without...
View ArticleGermans take their seats in the Mercedes of public toilets (guardian.co.uk)
It has soft lights, gleaming red and blue surfaces and a soothing video projection on the wall showing swirling underwater bubbles. Welcome not to an art hotel but to Europe's most expensive public...
View ArticleBuild for the Future: Bend, Don't Break (Digital Web)
Remember the time you sliced up that beautiful comp with the wonderful typography and stock photos only to have the messaging and photo change the day before going live? No? Well, it happens. Content...
View ArticleWhat if Leopold Didn't Have a Piano? (Bill Buxton)
It isn't enough to just want to be creative: it takes work. But like Leopold's piano, anyone who is committed, and makes the effort, can reach a degree of competence, as an individual, as an...
View ArticleArchive Article from October 1998 - Growing Up: Moving from...
Let me tell you about Gertrude. Gertrude disliked technology and, above all, computers. Nonetheless, in the early 1970s Gertrude went out and purchased one of the first personal computers, an Apple II,...
View ArticleComing of Age in Ethnography (gotomedia)
Ultimately, it is once again all about the user. Whether it's a usability test, card sorting exercise or complete ethnographic survey, we want to understand everything we can about how users use our...
View ArticleTapping the collective intelligence: Word 2003 command poll (Gerry McGovern)
The top 10 commands represented 70 percent of all scores given. The bottom 70 commands represented 1 percent of scores given. I have done this exercise on many continents for intranets and public...
View ArticleGetting the Right Design and the Design Right: Testing Many Is Better Than...
This study has some implications for participatory design, as well. Erickson [4] among others has written about the potential value of paper prototypes to help engage end users in the design process....
View ArticleHack to the Future (OK/Cancel)
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View ArticleUserati : Don Norman
Don Norman changed the way a generation of designers saw the world, and this had an impact on many of the things you have in your home. Thanks to Norman, at least a few of them - including Apple's...
View ArticleFinding Answers Online in Sickness and in Health (Pew Internet Project)
As more Americans come online, more rely on the internet for important health information. Fully 58% of those who found the internet to be crucial or important during a loved one's recent health crisis...
View ArticleChange and the Need for Innovation (D-Lib Magazine)
The best-managed libraries have always been open to innovation and change, and as a result those libraries have maintained their relevance and usefulness to information seekers in the communities they...
View ArticleCorporate Usability Maturity: Stages 5-8 (Jakob Nielsen)
In summary, it takes about twenty years to move from stage 2 (extremely immature usability) to stage 7 (very mature usability). Companies probably need another twenty years to reach the last stage.The...
View ArticleCorporate Usability Maturity: Stages 1-4 (Jakob Nielsen)
For projects targeting non-geek audiences, it's disastrous to rely on the design team's understanding of what's easy. Anyone working on a project knows much too much about it to represent outside...
View ArticleDesigning in the Dark (OK/Cancel)
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