“Usability” Archive

Heading webinale 07 … Not

I just canceled my session on the webinale 07 due to severe allergic reactions (at full tilt since Friday), probably even including a cold that flew under the radar. I don’t feel fine, and I can hardly speak. Here’s the old plan and the post I scheduled for today, for the sake of completeness …

¶ May 22, 2007, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, Design.

Principles of Art, Design, and Decoration

Many thoughts on especially design recently lead me to the conclusion that defining the terms art, design, and decoration must be pretty simple. Or outlining their principles, at least. Simpler than I thought in school (anyone remembering these “what is art” questions?) …

¶ May 12, 2007, filed under Usability, Design.

10 Steps to Create a High-Quality Website

A valuable offer of information does not fall from the sky and it is impossible to gather it in a few easy clicks. No. What you need are goals, content, structure, design, programming and maintenance. What you need is expertise – constantly …

¶ May 10, 2007, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Revitalizing SUS, the System Usability Scale

About 20 years ago, John Brooke published the concept of a “System Usability Scale”, a reliable, low-cost usability scale that can be used for global assessments of systems usability. SUS is based on a Likert scale questionnaire with standardized content that results in an overall usability …

¶ April 23, 2007, filed under Usability.

25 Excellent Usability/UX Articles and Resources

Today I thought I’d share some of the most valuable usability and user experience articles and resources I currently know, in a somewhat wild mix. Since there’s presumably enough to read and talk about later, please welcome some great articles and research papers you hopefully enjoy that …

¶ March 30, 2007, filed under Usability, User Experience.

Definition of the Dark Side: MySpace

We certainly focused on the “Dark Side” once but didn’t define it yet. Here it is: MySpace. Why? Because multiplying unprofessionalism with popularity lets MySpace score the most points …

¶ March 18, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Are Dates Really Useful Within URLs?

Usually dates are a good or even essential thing to include in documents, and that covers both creation and update dates. But, are they really that useful in URLs as well? The reason I ask is that I suspect them to be counterproductive when documents are updated …

¶ March 11, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability.

Hire Only Web Designers with a Website

… is a good rule of thumb when you need a web designer or developer. Though it’s not necessarily a sufficient criterion, the benefits must be quite obvious. Web designers who also own websites are more likely to be close to the medium, to prove enthusiasm and engagement, …

¶ March 6, 2007, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, Design.