James Robertson is a bit of a national (or international) Australian treasure. Long ago he decided to focus on the design and usability of intranets, those hidden web sites so crucial to any large organization's daily work—but invisible to the...
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Posts tagged "user experience"
Eyes top left but why?
Eyes top left is an article I wrote in 2007, and a mini tutorial as well. (Some people just can't help themselves.) Sean Laffey responded with some fascinating insights into this hypnotic target for human eyes. Thanks, Sean! Dear Rachel....
Do the quick and powerful ALA survey
Take the A-List-Apart survey of web workers: it takes just a few minutes, and as you'd expect (considering who designed it) the survey is easy and intuitive. Doing this survey can also shed a little light on our own lives...
Usability: put things where expected
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It being the conventional position for something, the place we automatically expect to see something. Like a door handle at hand level. Or a web page's most important message at the top. Or...
Notes from ALGIM 08
(Mon)day 1 of ALGIM 08 was terrific, and I intended to report in some detail. Tuesday, I was smitten with my new vertical mouse at first touch. Then came a naff ailment, and I slowed to snail pace. Better late...